- The government forms a three-member body to probe the killing of Arshad Sharif.
- The probe body comprises officers of FIA, IB and ISI.
- The team will leave for Kenya to probe the killing.
ISLAMABAD ( Web News )
The Ministry of Interior has formed an investigation team to probe the killing of renowned journalist Arshad Sharif, Geo News reported Wednesday. The ministry has issued a notification in this regard.
On October 23, Sharif was shot and killed by the Kenyan police in a “mistaken identity” case while he was travelling to Nairobi from Kenya’s Magadi town.
The FIA, IB, and ISI officers are part of the three-member investigation team.
FIA Director Athar Waheed, Deputy Director-General IB Shahid Hamid and ISI Lt Col Saad Ahmed are part of the probe team.
According to the notification issued by the interior ministry, the investigation team will immediately leave for Kenya and submit its report to the ministry.
The Kenyan police, in its report, admitted that Arshad Sharif was shot in the head in a mistaken identity case.
Arshad Sharif’s body was brought to Islamabad in the early hours of Wednesday. Members of his family received his body at the Islamabad airport.
The family announced that his funeral prayers will be offered at the Shah Faisal Mosque Islamabad at 2pm on Thursday. Later, he will be laid to rest at the H-11 cemetery in the federal capital.
Arshad targeted killed to silence truth: Imran
Addressing a lawyer’s convention in Peshawar on Tuesday, PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan claimed that slain journalist Arshad Sharif was targeted killed.
“No matter what anyone says, I know that Arshad Sharif became a victim of target killing,” Khan said.
“I had received information that Sharif would be killed so that truth could be silenced.”
The former premier also claimed that Sharif was receiving threats from unknown numbers.
“I told him to leave the country, but he did not listen,” Khan shared, adding that he considered Sharif the most respected figure in journalism.