Dawood visits Karachi, but does not stay there: Dawn CEO
MUMBAI: Dec 25, 2015, DHNS
No space given to don in Pak newspapers: Hameed Haroon
India’s most wanted criminal—Dawood Ibrahim—visits Karachi but does not permanently stay there, Hameed Haroon, CEO of Pakistan’s Dawn Group of Newspapers, said on Thursday.
Haroon, who was interacting with media persons at a meet jointly hosted by Mumbai Press Club and Observer Research Foundation (ORF) here, said: “I am told, he visits Pakistan, but he is not a resident…..I don’t know under what name he comes and goes, under what passport he comes and goes; he resides in Dubai and South Africa but I am told, he comes and goes and does not reside in Karachi permanently.”
“I have never met him, nor do I desire to meet him…by I do realise that there is an old matter to be settled in the Indian justice system against him,” Haroon said, adding that he has also heard “false rumours” about his “surgery and change of face”.
Asked about the space given to the underworld don in Pakistani newspapers, he said: “None whatsoever….as far as column–centimeters are concerned.”
Haroon also said the people-to-people contacts between Mumbai and Karachi need to be expanded irrespective of the positions of New Delhi and Islamabad to further bilateral relations between India and Pakistan in long run.
“The south of Pakistan and the west part of Indian Deccan had strong historical links….it had contributed to the growth of the region…it has contributed to the culture of the region…there is so much to learn,”
“At one point of time, we used to get Sukha Bombil,” he said referring to Bombay Duck fish, a delicacy in Mumbai and its adjoining areas.
“I am saying that Mumbai and Karachi can activate themselves, don’t wait for New Delhi and Islamabad…the civil society, NGOs, media, educationalists need to come together….we have to think about the larger matrix of international relations,” he said.
Haroon said a lot more is needed to be explored from the south of Indus river till the west coast of India. “Archaeologists, particularly marine archaeologists, need to come together and explore this heritage….there are layers of information that can be found out,” he said.
Chairman of ORF-Mumbai Sudheendra Kulkarni, who has been championing the cause of Indo-Pak friendship, said: “As a first, we can start ferry services between Mumbai and Karachi as it used to be…besides, we must reopen the consulates in the two financial capitals.
Haroon, who was interacting with media persons at a meet jointly hosted by Mumbai Press Club and Observer Research Foundation (ORF) here, said: “I am told, he visits Pakistan, but he is not a resident…..I don’t know under what name he comes and goes, under what passport he comes and goes; he resides in Dubai and South Africa but I am told, he comes and goes and does not reside in Karachi permanently.”
“I have never met him, nor do I desire to meet him…by I do realise that there is an old matter to be settled in the Indian justice system against him,” Haroon said, adding that he has also heard “false rumours” about his “surgery and change of face”.
Asked about the space given to the underworld don in Pakistani newspapers, he said: “None whatsoever….as far as column–centimeters are concerned.”
Haroon also said the people-to-people contacts between Mumbai and Karachi need to be expanded irrespective of the positions of New Delhi and Islamabad to further bilateral relations between India and Pakistan in long run.
“The south of Pakistan and the west part of Indian Deccan had strong historical links….it had contributed to the growth of the region…it has contributed to the culture of the region…there is so much to learn,”
“At one point of time, we used to get Sukha Bombil,” he said referring to Bombay Duck fish, a delicacy in Mumbai and its adjoining areas.
“I am saying that Mumbai and Karachi can activate themselves, don’t wait for New Delhi and Islamabad…the civil society, NGOs, media, educationalists need to come together….we have to think about the larger matrix of international relations,” he said.
Haroon said a lot more is needed to be explored from the south of Indus river till the west coast of India. “Archaeologists, particularly marine archaeologists, need to come together and explore this heritage….there are layers of information that can be found out,” he said.
Chairman of ORF-Mumbai Sudheendra Kulkarni, who has been championing the cause of Indo-Pak friendship, said: “As a first, we can start ferry services between Mumbai and Karachi as it used to be…besides, we must reopen the consulates in the two financial capitals.
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