Hameed Haroon is the Chief Executive and publisher of Pakistan Herald publications (Pvt) Limited (PHPL) PHPL is the owning company of the DAWN Group of Newspapers publishers of DAWN (daily morning), DAWN- the internet Edition, the electronic version of DAWN, the HERALD, Pakistan’s influential current affairs monthly magazine, the STAR (daily evening), SPIDER, Pakistan’s leading internet magazine (monthly) and AURORA a bimonthly publication aimed at the marketing and advertising industry.
In addition to his responsibilities at the DAWN Group of newspapers, Mr. Haroon is also president of the Pakistan newspapers society (APNS), which is the publisher’s body representing newspapers and magazines in Pakistan. He is also the president of the international advertisers association (IAA), Pakistan chapter. This is the representative body of the IAA, a global partnership of advertisers, agencies and media with chapter in over 100 countries. In the Pakistan it overlooks the launch of major international campaigns on the promotion of the advertising filed. He is also member, Board of trustees press foundation of Asia (PFA), the leading institution for the provision of training to Asia’s journalists from 16 member countries. Vice chairman of the press institute of Pakistan (PIP) PIP is leading organization in Pakistan that provides research and technical training facilities for special interest journalism. Mr. Haroon is also chairman of the Creative Unit (Pvt), one of Pakistan’s leading design houses specializing in communications, book design corporate literature and advertising campaigns in the print medium.
Presently Mr. haroon also holds the of Chairman of the task force on cultural heritage, under the aegis of the Government of Pakistan. The task force has been constituted to tackle the various problems of conversation of monument.
Hameed Haroon needs no introduction.
Born in a well established Sindhi family residing in Karachi at the time of partition, Hameed Haroon grew up in a family that had published the first newspaper in Pakistan – DAWN – founded by the Quaide-Azam himself.
A highly qualified man, he holds an M.A. degree in Regional Studies (East Asia) from Harvard University, a double M.A. in Political Economy and Economics from Boston University, B.Sc (Hons) in Economics from London School of Economics.
Although he is most famous for his association with the Dawn group he holds many other portfolios.
Position At Dawn: CEO-DAWN.
Former President All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS)
Former President International Advertisers Association (Pakistan Chapter)
Member: Advisory Board of Citizens Police Liaison Committee
Managing Trustee: Mohatta Palace Gallery
Member Sind Heritage Cultural Committee
Member Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Awards: Shah Abdul Latif Award, Highest cultural award for conferred by the Sindh Governor
Mr. Hameed Haroon continues to be involved in various fields and his contributions are many in the fields of publishing, advertising, cultural and civic activities.
We are indebted to be for his contributions to Panah when he was on our Board of Trustees.
