LAHORE – The DAWN Media Group CEO Hameed Haroon has confessed that DAWNLeaks carried an international agenda, and the content of the story wasgleaned through international sources. Hameed Haroon spilt the beans in aninterview at BBC program Hard Talk.

In, what is being considered part of spate of controversial role of oversix decades old daily in Civil- Military relations the interview thepublication head has stoked yet another controversy to cause a ripple amongPakistani media and the quarters concerned, has drawn flak on social media.

Responding to a perky question posed by program host Stephen sackurregarding national security Hameed Haroon appeared perplexed and was unableto respond satisfactorily. Referring to post- DAWN Leaks controversycivil-military rift the host grilled him about impartiality of DAWN andcrying out of assault on media, democracy being at stake. Questioning

Hameed Haroon s claim about freedom of expression the program host asked asto how come DAWN was in publication.

Answering the questionnaire Hameed Haroon said that DAWN Leaks was backedby international establishment, however, conceded that his organization didnot receive any threats in the wake of DAWN Leaks scandal and on.