Amb Haroon

A colleague in Pakistan sent me this about the Pakistani ambassador at the UN:  "Pakistan's UN ambassador in NY is Haroon, from the wealthy Haroon family of Karachi that owns DAWN newspaper. Yes, the family has longstanding links with the British from the colonial era. He is a political appointee, a nominee of President Zardari as a bribe to the family. Pakistan's UN ambassador in Geneva, however, is Zamir Akram,a career diplomat and a very sensible person."