Arshad Sharif will be laid to rest In Islamabad today following his funeral prayers
Arshad Sharif, a well-known journalist and television host, will receive his final salutations from his loved ones this afternoon as they pray for his eternal rest.
At 2:00 PM today, the Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad will conduct the journalist’s burial prayers, according to his family. He will afterwards be laid to rest at the H-11 cemetery in the nation’s capital.
Arshad Sharif was killed in Kenya, and his body was sent to Pakistan. Early on Wednesday, a plane carrying his body touched at the Islamabad airport. The body was picked up by his family members at the airport in Islamabad.
In its initial report, Kenya’s police acknowledged killing him. According to the Kenyan police, Sharif was shot in the head after a case of mistaken identity.
An eight-member medical board from the PIMS hospital performed a postmortem on his body at the hospital per the family’s request. The family requested that an OMFS surgeon and an ENT surgeon be added to the medical team.
His body was also subjected to an X-ray and a CT scan at the hospital by the PIMS medical board.
According to sources, today is the anticipated release date for the initial postmortem report.
The forensic analysis of the materials delivered to the laboratory may take a few days, according to Professor Hashim Raza of the PIMS hospital.
It was a premeditated murder: Faisal Vawda
Faisal Vawda disputed the Kenyan police’s version of how Arshad Sharif was killed in a case of mistaken identity, claiming that the murder was premeditated and planned in Pakistan.
The PTI leader claimed that Arshad’s martyrdom was not an accident but rather the result of a pre-planned murder. He noted that Arshad Sharif was killed by a close-range shot.
Arshad left Pakistan after being threatened and blackmailed, according to him, so he travelled to Dubai.
Arshad was assassinated in order to stifle the truth: Imran
Tuesday in Peshawar, PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan asserted that murdered journalist Arshad Sharif was the subject of a plot.
Whatever anyone says, I am certain that Arshad Sharif was a victim of targeted killing, Khan declared.
“I had heard that Sharif would be slain in order to silence the truth,” said the source.
Additionally, the former leader asserted that Sharif was receiving threats from unidentified callers.
Khan said, adding that he thought Sharif was the most admired journalist, “I told him to leave the nation, but he did not listen.”
Pak Army seeks a high-level investigation
Tuesday, the Pakistan Army requested that a high-level investigation into the untimely death of the journalist be carried out by the government.
In order to put an end to all of these rumours, we have asked the government to conduct a high-level investigation, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar.
“This horrible occurrence needs to be investigated from every angle,”
The DG ISPR responded to a query regarding the allegations levelled against the institutions regarding their alleged role in Sharif’s murder in Kenya by saying: “It is extremely regrettable that people engage in claims without any proof to support them… and I believe these issues should be addressed with a thorough inquiry.
The Kenyan police account of Arshad Sharif’s death
The Kenyan police, who accepted blame, claimed that Sharif was killed when officers searching for a stolen car opened fire indiscriminately on the journalist’s car believing it to be a stolen vehicle.
According to a police complaint from Kenya, the vehicle rushed through a guarded barricade without halting, raising suspicions that a child was inside.
Government in touch with Kenyan officials: FO
According to the Pakistani Foreign Office, the government is actively coordinating at various levels with the Kenyan authorities for the swift repatriation of Sharif’s lifeless remains.
Pakistan has also formally requested that Kenya look into the event.
In order to emphasise the significance of the situation, acting foreign secretary Raza Bashir Tarar also met with the Kenyan High Commissioner in Islamabad.
Tarar also gave a briefing on the developments to the distinguished members of the National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee.
