While I am very sorry and also angry that we have lost a brave soul like Arshad Shareef, I would exercise some caution. We do not know why he was in Kenya in the first place. Was he lured there or sent on an assignment by his news agency. This needs to be established. Secondly there is a statement from the Kenyan police that they shot at Arshad Shareef's car in a case of mistaken identity. Apparently he jumped one of their road blocks. My question is why?? What information was he carrying if any.
There are many factors here which do not make sense currently.
Flip the other side of the coin and see who stands to gain.
A. Corrupt officials.... If that is the case he has been in Pakistan and in and out of the country . Why was he not apprehended and his software upgraded?
B. He has pointed to corruption within the forces but has not brought out any big news even in his blogs which would alert people enough to do him in.
C. Think of this from a Purely anti Pakistani perspective and any enemy of Pakistan will gain immensely from a high profile killing outside of Pakistan to further beleaguer the army/establishment and foment frank revolt against the army. Surely ,despite the Zero to ten brigade ruling the politico administrative scene, people would have thought this will cause more harm than do good.
D. The gains for the enemies of Pakistan on the other hand are extreme. Revolt against the army with loss of face and authority with loss of morale will lead to weakened defence and therefore further accessibility to decision making from outside. This is pivotal at this stage of change over.
We can always blame internal factors and players but to reach someone in Kenya and execute an attack like this is not the done thing.
The rest I leave upto you guys.
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