Mumbai : The Observer Research Foundation, which hosted Pakistan’s former Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri in Mumbai despite protests, has asked the Maharashtra government to provide security to the CEO of a leading Pakistan media group during his upcoming visit here.
“The Observer Research Foundation Mumbai has invited Hameed Haroon, CEO of the DAWN Media Group of Pakistan, to deliver a talk at our office on December 23. The subject of the talk is ‘India and Pakistan — Reconciliation through Rediscovery of the Shared Past’ and we have sought protection for him,” ORF chairman Sudheendra Kulkarni said.
“Dawn is the most influential newspaper in Pakistan. Haroon has been an ardent advocate of peaceful and good neighbourly relations between India and Pakistan. He is also a strong voice for the security and protection of the rights of Hindu, Sikh, Christian and other minority communities in Pakistan,” Kulkarni said.
Coinciding with the talk by Haroon (in pic), and in collaboration with him, ORF will launch two important new initiatives — ‘Mumbai-Karachi Friendship Forum’ and ‘The Sindh Research Project’.
