KARACHI: Dawn Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hameed Haroon on Wednesday filed a defamation case against filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood, better known as Jami, in the Sindh High Court (SHC). In October 2019, Jami had accused a “media tycoon” of raping him 13 years ago and on December 28. Although he had not named Hameed Haroon immediately at the time, he publically named him a few months later on December 30 on social media website Twitter. Earlier this month, Haroon who had earlier issued a statement denying the rape, had sent Jami a legal notice under Section 8 of the Defamation Ordinance 2002, asking for an unconditional public apology and retraction of rape allegations. In response, the filmmaker had called for the withdrawal of Haroon’s legal notice within a week.

Source: Pakistan Today January 29, 2020 12:22 UTC