Journalist Arshad Sharif martyred in Kenya

[Hassan Al-Somal]

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[HAIDER]

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what a bs, he was killed 8 miles away from the barrier .. story changed so many times, stolen vehicle, child kidnapping etc etc

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

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The Kenyans in the know are blaming a corrupt unit in the police force who kidnap people and then assassinate them. This unit was reported to be gun-for-hire. I don't know if Mr Arshad Sharif's killing was due to a hit job, but the extra-judicial killings of rogue elements within the Kenyan security establishment have been on the rise recently. Luckily, the newly elected President William Ruto has already disbanded such units as soon as he took office. He also promised all cases of disappearances and killings accused of those police units to be fully investigated.

Our heartfelt condolences are with Mr Arshad Sharif and his family. May Allah (swt) takes him to Jannah.

 

[HAIDER]

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Arshad Sharif, prominent journalist who fled Pakistan, killed in shooting in Kenya​

By Sophia Saifi, Bethlehem Feleke and Irene Nasser, CNN
Updated 2:58 PM EDT, Mon October 24, 2022

Kenyan authorities said Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was "fatally wounded" by police on Sunday night, just months after he fled his home country to avoid arrest over sedition charges.
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NairobiCNN Business —
Arshad Sharif, a prominent Pakistani journalist who fled the country after he was charged with sedition, has died in Kenya after he was shot by police responding to reports of a stolen vehicle, authorities said.
“The officers trailing the motor vehicle … alerted police in Magadi who erected a road barrier,” Bruno Isohi Shioso, a spokesperson for Kenya’s National Police Service, said in a statement.
Sharif’s car allegedly drove through the road barrier and “it is then that they were shot at,” Shioso said. Sharif was “fatally wounded by a police officer,” he said, adding that the incident was being investigated.
According to a police report seen by Kenyan national news outlet The Nation, the roadblock had been set up after reports of a kidnapping that involved a car bearing a similar license plate number to that of Sharif’s.
Kenya’s Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), a civilian watchdog organization, said it has already started investigating the incident.
“I lost friend, husband and my favourite journalist @arsched today, as per police he was shot in Kenya,” Sharif’s wife, Javeria Siddique, tweeted Monday.

‘Anti-state comments’​

Sharif fled Pakistan in August due to sedition charges leveled against him for allegedly criticizing state institutions and “abetting mutiny” within the military.
He had interviewed opposition politician Shahbaz Gill, a close ally of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Following the interview, Gill was also charged with sedition by the Pakistani police for making what they claim were “anti-state comments.”
Sharif’s channel ARY initially claimed that it was “being hounded by the present regime,” but then said it had cut ties with Sharif after it was taken off air for about a month on August 8 by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority.
Sharif had to “flee Pakistan in August to save his life,” a close associate of his told CNN. He had initially gone to Dubai but was forced to flee from the UAE due to “harassment by Pakistani officials,” the associate added.
Sharif had “only been in Kenya for a few weeks since that is one of the few places Pakistani passport holders don’t need a visa for entry,” the associate said.
Pakistan’s embassy officials in Nairobi are waiting for a the police report, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Though not technically under military rule today, Pakistan has been ruled by the military for much of its 75-year history.

‘A dedicated and forthright journalist’​

The Foreign Press Association, Africa (FPA Africa) said it is “deeply disturbed” by Sharif’s killing, especially the circumstances in which he died.
“Sharif’s death has robbed the media fraternity globally of a dedicated and forthright journalist,” FPA Africa said in a statement.
The association added that it is calling on authorities in Kenya to investigate the incident and thereby assure “foreign journalists based in the country and covering Africa, including those who visit on assignment and other professional undertakings that they’re safe.”
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan tweeted on Monday that “a long, grim record of violent tactics to silence journalists explain why the reported murder of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya has sent shock waves through the journalist community.”
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted that he was “deeply saddened by the shocking news” of Sharif’s death. Shehbaz also said he had a phone conversation with Kenyan President William Ruto and “I requested him to ensure fair & transparent investigation into shocking incident. He promised all-out help including fast-tracking the process of return of the body” to Pakistan.
CNN’s Bethlehem Feleke reported from Nairobi, Sophia Saifi reported from Islamabad and Irene Nasser reported from Hong Kong.

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Outspoken Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif killed in Kenya​

The 49-year-old journalist, who fled Pakistan in August after multiple cases were filed against him for criticising the military, was shot dead in Kenya.

ARY, the channel Sharif was associated with for the last eight years, said it was parting ways with the journalist who was one of its top prime time news anchors [File: AP Photo]
By Abid Hussain
Published On 24 Oct 202224 Oct 2022
A prominent Pakistani investigative journalist critical of the country’s powerful military has been killed in Kenya nearly two months after he left Pakistan.
“I lost friend, husband and my favourite journalist today, as per police he was shot in Kenya,” Javeria Siddique tweeted about her husband Arshad Sharif’s death on Sunday night.

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The 49-year-old journalist fled the country in August to avoid arrest after he was slapped with multiple cases, including sedition charges over an interview with Shahbaz Gill – a close aide of former prime minister Imran Khan – during which Gill made comments deemed offensive to the military.
Alleging harassment by state institutions as well threats to his life he moved to Dubai in August and later relocated to Kenya.
The channel ARY for which Sharif worked for the last eight years was briefly taken off air in August for airing “false, hateful and seditious” content. The channel announced late August it was parting ways with the journalist, who was one of its top prime-time news anchors.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its “sadness” at Arshad Sharif’s death, adding in the statement said that they were in touch with Kenyan officials regarding the matter.
The ministry confirmed that Pakistan’s envoy to Kenya along with embassy officials had identified the body at the Chiromo Funeral House in Nairobi and are now awaiting further procedures and a police report.
“The High Commission will facilitate expeditious repatriation of mortal remains of Mr. Sharif in coordination with the host authorities,” the statement read.
Kenyan media has quoted local police officials who said the shooting was a case of “mistaken identity”.
Confirming the incident, Bruno Shioso, spokesman for Kenya’s National Police Service, told Al Jazeera that local authorities are currently investigating the murder.

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“Our competent authorities are currently investigating and can’t comment further than that at present. We shall also issue a preliminary statement in due course,” he said.
Kenyan newspaper The Star reported that the car in which Sharif was travelling was fired upon after it failed to stop at a roadblock on the Nairobi-Magadi highway.
The Islamabad High Court has issued notice to authorities to present them with a report regarding the circumstances of the death at the earliest.
Sharif, who was once considered close to Pakistan’s powerful military establishment, turned into a fierce critic after the removal of former Prime Minister Khan’s government in April.

Demand for inquiry​

After the news of Sharif’s death emerged on social media early on Monday, condolences poured in from all quarters.
Pakistan President Arif Alvi, who awarded Sharif with one of Pakistan’s top civilian awards in 2019, tweeted his condolences and said his death was a great loss to journalism and Pakistan.
Shehbaz Sharif, the Pakistani prime minister, also expressed his shock at the death of the journalist.
“I am deeply saddened by the shocking news of journalist Arshad Sharif’s tragic death. May Allah SWT grant him a place in Heaven. My deep condolences and prayers for the bereaved family,” he tweeted on Monday morning.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan demanded an immediate inquiry into Sharif’s death.
“A long, grim record of violent tactics to silence journalists explains why the reported murder of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya has sent shock waves through the journalist community. The government must pursue an immediate, transparent inquiry into the circumstances of his death,” the organisation said in a statement.
Pakistan has a history of media suppression and violence against journalists.
Last month the United States expressed its concern over press freedoms in Pakistan after Pakistani authorities in August briefly blocked the coverage of ARY, which is seen as sympathetic to former PM Khan.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA

 

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[Hassan Al-Somal]

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Blow by blow account of the mafia-style elimination of Pakistani Pakistani Journalist Arshad Sharif​

24/10/2022 in News
The murder of top Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in Kenya on Sunday night has sent shockwaves across the world.

In a police statement on Monday, Sharif was being driven by his brother Khurram Ahmed when they were flagged down by police officers at a roadblock along the Kiserian-Magadi road before they opened fire killing him on the spot.
“It was reported to Magadi police station vide OB 14/23/10/2022 at 22.00hrs that along Kuenia farm/ Kamukuru murram a shooting incident involving GSU officers had occurred and one Pakistan national namely Arshad Mohammed Shariff aged 50 years had been fatally shot while he was been driven in a motor vehicle registration number KDG 200M along that road when the deceased and his brother Khurram Ahmed were driving back to Nairobi,” reads the police report.
The whole sad chain started hours earlier when Douglas Wainaina reported to the Pangani Police Station that his car had been stolen and his son Dancan Kamau was in the car.
See also Body of missing NLC official Jennifer Wambua's body found at City Mortuary after it was dumped in Ngong forest

“It started when officers from DCI Starehe circulated a report of theft of a motor vehicle/abduction vide OB 70/23/10/2022 that one Douglas Wainaina parked his motor vehicle registration number KDJ 700F outside an electrical shop and left his son namely Dancan Kamau inside the said motor vehicle,” reads the statement.

The son was later found at Olosuritia ACK Church within Kiserian.

Many kilometres away, Khurram and his celebrated journalist brother Arshad Sharif were driving a totally different car along the Kuenia-Kamukuru rough road in Magadi, Kajiado when the gruesome incident happened.

“Before they reached the Kiserian-Magadi road, they found the road blocked using small stones and they decided to pass them,” reads the police report.

“It was then they heard gunshots towards their vehicle directed from the front and rear. They did not stop and proceeded with the journey.”
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Following the gunshots, Khurran then called his friend Naqar Ahmed, a Pakistani national who resides in the area who advised them to pass by his place.
“On arrival at the main gate, found his brother had died with a gunshot wound on the head which had penetrated from the back of his head and exited at the front side of his head,” the police say.

“Upon scrutiny of the said motor vehicle, it had a bullet hole on the left side of the windscreen on the side the deceased was sitting, two bullet holes on the rear left back screen, one bullet hole on the rear right door, four holes right side of the boot and one front right tyre that had been deflated. The said Pakistan nationals claim that they are developers and reside in Nairobi. Scene was documented and the body taken to Chiromo mortuary awaiting postmortem.”

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[Solidify]

On Who's direction was Arshad Sharif Killed ?

 

[Jango]

Blow by blow account of the mafia-style elimination of Pakistani Pakistani Journalist Arshad Sharif​

24/10/2022 in News
The murder of top Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in Kenya on Sunday night has sent shockwaves across the world.

In a police statement on Monday, Sharif was being driven by his brother Khurram Ahmed when they were flagged down by police officers at a roadblock along the Kiserian-Magadi road before they opened fire killing him on the spot.
“It was reported to Magadi police station vide OB 14/23/10/2022 at 22.00hrs that along Kuenia farm/ Kamukuru murram a shooting incident involving GSU officers had occurred and one Pakistan national namely Arshad Mohammed Shariff aged 50 years had been fatally shot while he was been driven in a motor vehicle registration number KDG 200M along that road when the deceased and his brother Khurram Ahmed were driving back to Nairobi,” reads the police report.
The whole sad chain started hours earlier when Douglas Wainaina reported to the Pangani Police Station that his car had been stolen and his son Dancan Kamau was in the car.
See also Body of missing NLC official Jennifer Wambua's body found at City Mortuary after it was dumped in Ngong forest

“It started when officers from DCI Starehe circulated a report of theft of a motor vehicle/abduction vide OB 70/23/10/2022 that one Douglas Wainaina parked his motor vehicle registration number KDJ 700F outside an electrical shop and left his son namely Dancan Kamau inside the said motor vehicle,” reads the statement.

The son was later found at Olosuritia ACK Church within Kiserian.

Many kilometres away, Khurram and his celebrated journalist brother Arshad Sharif were driving a totally different car along the Kuenia-Kamukuru rough road in Magadi, Kajiado when the gruesome incident happened.

“Before they reached the Kiserian-Magadi road, they found the road blocked using small stones and they decided to pass them,” reads the police report.

“It was then they heard gunshots towards their vehicle directed from the front and rear. They did not stop and proceeded with the journey.”
See also Area Code - Makongeni Estate, Nairobi, strictly bachelors only

Following the gunshots, Khurran then called his friend Naqar Ahmed, a Pakistani national who resides in the area who advised them to pass by his place.
“On arrival at the main gate, found his brother had died with a gunshot wound on the head which had penetrated from the back of his head and exited at the front side of his head,” the police say.

“Upon scrutiny of the said motor vehicle, it had a bullet hole on the left side of the windscreen on the side the deceased was sitting, two bullet holes on the rear left back screen, one bullet hole on the rear right door, four holes right side of the boot and one front right tyre that had been deflated. The said Pakistan nationals claim that they are developers and reside in Nairobi. Scene was documented and the body taken to Chiromo mortuary awaiting postmortem.”

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The fishy thing is, why would they attack the passenger side and let the driver get out alive if it indeed was a stolen vehicle? You surely go for the driver in case of a stolen vehicle.

 

[PakSword]

International media main Pakistan ki tika ke usual izzat afzai horahi hai.

If you were born in Pakistan, it's not your fault, but if you remain there all your life, it's you who should be blamed.

 

[HAIDER]

The fishy thing is, why would they attack the passenger side and let the driver get out alive if it indeed was a stolen vehicle? You surely go for the driver in case of a stolen vehicle.

it's a famous saying in Kenyan police, hire a police sharpshooter for 100 dollars ...I think posted Ajazeera documentary about extreme corruption in Keynia police.

 

[khansaheeb]

what a bs, he was killed 8 miles away from the barrier .. story changed so many times, stolen vehicle, child kidnapping etc etc

I am sure his brother can corroborate the story, if not then PTI and Pakistan gov need to send investigators.

 

[HAIDER]

I am sure his brother can corroborate the story, if not then PTI and Pakistan gov need to send investigators.

lol...such assassination close the next minute ...no witness nothing ... only after the death God expose the faces...

International media main Pakistan ki tika ke usual izzat afzai horahi hai.

If you were born in Pakistan, it's not your fault, but if you remain there all your life, it's you who should be blamed.

But the documentary about the Nawaz family gains more promotion and many media outlets volunteer to launch it..... This ia another Maqsood Chaprasi , Dr Rizwan, and many more Nawaz crime witnesses killed without clue ......

 

[General Dong]

The timing of Nawaz clan posting that pic of them eating cake while captioning "happy Diwali" is eerie. I believe it was no other than PMLN who ordered the hit on Arshad Sharif. There was hardly any outcry when the people involved in their cases died, so they didn't hesitate to slay a journalist who was uncovering their corruption.
Fukc those swines! and Fukc their handlers who continue to force them onto Pakistan.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

The timing of Nawaz clan posting that pic of them eating cake while captioning "happy Diwal" is eerie. I believe it was no other than PMLN who ordered the hit on Arshad Sharif. There was hardly any outcry when the people involved in their cases died, so they didn't hesitate to slay a journalist who was uncovering their corruption.
Fukc those swines! and Fukc their handlers who continue to force them onto Pakistan.

Ordered by Bajra. Noonies/PDM were complicit