Zubaida Jalal Khan
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Zubaida Jalal | |
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زبيدہ جلال | |
Minister for Education | |
In office 24 November 2002 – 15 November 2007 | |
President | Pervez Musharraf |
Prime Minister | Zafarullah Khan Jamali |
Preceded by | Tehmina Daultana |
Succeeded by | Ahsan Iqbal |
Personal details | |
Born | Zubaida Jalal Khan 31 August 1959 Kuwait[1] |
Citizenship | Pakistani |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Balochistan Awami Party (since 2018) |
Other political affiliations | Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1988-2002; 2013-2018) Independent (2008-2013) Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (2002-2008) |
Alma mater | University of Balochistan |
Occupation | Teacher, social worker |
Zubaida Jalal (
After successfully contesting in
After a five-year brief break from the national politics, she joined the
Social and political activism
Teachings and services to education
After returning from Kuwait, she helped established a school for girls in her village with the support of her father because in that time in such traditional conservative Baloch society did not allowed women to go to schools. While teaching at school, she also taught English literature at the Balochistan University. In 1993, her services were recognised by the Government of Pakistan and honoured her with Pride of Performance Award for Education by the President of Pakistan. She has authored many publications include Papers on Baloch Embroidery and Poverty alleviation.
Her political activism started after joining the centre-right
Education ministry
In 2004, Zubaida Jalal announced that "all
Despite initiation and modernisation, the programme did not move an inch, according to the media reports.
According to the officials worked under Zubaida Jalal's administration confirmed that no new policy on madrassa reforms had been prepared and the old policy was still intact.[7] In 2009, educationist, Saleem Ali wrote a thesis in his book, "Islam and Education: Conflict and Conformity in Pakistan's Madrassas", that " indeed all private and public schools, are still subject to government approval, whereas the madrassa programmes at present have no government oversight."[8] The government's inability to impose the program and lack of interest in topics further diminished.[8] The powerful clerics threatened the government upon which the federal education minister Zubaida Jalal immediately clarified that no chapter or verses relating to jihad or Holy War or shahadat (martyrdom) had been deleted from textbook and that the particular verse referring to jihad had only been shifted from the biology textbook for intermediate students.[8]
According to the Education ministry, the major reason for this failure was the view of the madrassas that the project was part of an
2008 general election campaign
In 2008, Jalal decided not to obtain the
2013 general election
In 2013, Zubaida Jalal endorsed PML(N) candidate Nawaz Sharif's bid for premiership. In a meeting with Nawaz Sharif, Jalal announced to join the PML-N, reposing full confidence in the leadership of Nawaz Sharif.[12]
2018 general election
Zubaida Jalal Joined BAP and successfully contested the elections. Following the PTI government coalition with BAP, she was nominated as the BAP representative in the Federal Cabinet. She was inducted as Minister for Defence Production on 20 August 2018.After the Success of No-confidence motion against Imran Khan Cabinet was dissolved and she resigned alongside Imran Khan from the ministry.
Personal life
Political controversies
Soon after the
In 2010 publications edited by Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDT), Zubaida Jalal is a second richest politician from
Political philosophy
Zubaida Jalal was touted as General Pervez Musharraf's most enlightened face and was one of the notable minister under Musharraf's regime. In 2008, she publicly endorsed the support for
She has strongly advocated for the support of liberal philosophy, "
References
- ^ "Zubaida Jalal Khan". www.naaritoday.com.
- ^ "Zubaida Jalal". Express Tribune Election Cell (ExTEC). Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ a b Ihtasham ul Haque (24 November 2002). "Jamali, cabinet take oath: PPP, PML-N abstain from ceremony". Dawn area studies, 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ Waqar Gillani (23 May 2004). "'Madrassa students will be brought into mainstream'". Area studies, daily times. Archived from the original on 1 March 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ a b c Waqar Gillani (30 July 2004). "Masood looks for ways to implement madrassa reforms". Daily times, 2004. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Gillani, Waqar (7 January 2005). "2004 – education issues, problems and reforms". Daily Times, Pakistan 2005. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ a b c Waqqar Gillani. (14 August 2005). "No progress on seminary reform". Daily, 14 August 2005. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ a b c Ali, Saleem H (2009). "Madrassa versus enlightenment". Islam and Education: Conflict and Conformity in Pakistan's Madrassas. Amherst, Mass.: Daily times review. p. 214.
- ^ W. Gillani (30 July 2004). "Masood looks for ways to implement madrassa reforms". Friday, 30 July 2004. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ Amir Wasim (19 February 2008). "Heavyweights knocked out". Dawn, 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ KASHIF ABBASI/ZAIN-UL-ISLAM (16 April 2013). "Can female candidates equally win on general seats?". Pakistan Times, 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ Saleem, Muhammad (28 March 2013). "Zubaida Jalal from Balochistan joins PML-N". Business recorder. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ 13th National Assembly of Pakistan. "Three Richest Politicians from Balochistan" (PDF). 13th National Assembly of Pakistan. Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency – PILDAT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c APP (18 August 2008). "Musharraf will live in and for Pakistan; says Zubaida Jalal". Associate Press of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ISBN 978-0470739044.