Protesters Outside Dawn Hold Placards Accusing CEO Hameed Haroon Of Sexually Assaulting Filmmaker Jami

Earlier this week simultaneous protests erupted against Dawn newspaper outside its offices in Islamabad and Karachi. The protesters had taken offense to a story in which the London Bridge attacker, Usman Khan had been called, “…of Pakistani origin.”

The protesters had termed this phrase as anti-state, demanding an outright ban on the media entity. Dawn’s Editor-in-Chief Zafar Abbas and CEO Hameed Haroon were also given death threats and there was a point where the newspaper’s management worried about the protest becoming violent.

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While most protesters outside Dawn limited their outrage to the London Bridge story angle, there were some who held placards accusing Hameed Haroon for being the media giant Jami alleged had raped him 13 years ago.

While some had an issue with Haroon’s speculated sexual orientation…

…Others were more specific, demanding an inquiry into growing conjecture alleging Dawn CEO Hameed Haroon to be the man who allegedly sexually assaulted Pakistani filmmaker, Jamshed Mehmood a.k.a Jami.

Up until this point, only Pakistani netizens had been demanding Dawn to address the conjecture around its CEO’s link with Jami’s #MeToo ordeal. However, this is the first time that such an allegation has been levied during a public gathering/protest.

Despite coaxing from his fans and supporters, Jami has neither confirmed nor denied the speculation around Hameed Haroon.

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Dawn, on its part has chosen to remain silent on the issue despite mounting public pressure.