Fact-finding report terms Arshad Sharif’s murder ‘targeted’

Fact-finding report terms Arshad Sharif’s murder ‘targeted’

ISLAMABAD: A two-member fact-finding team consisting of officers from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has concluded that the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif was a “planned targeted assassination” which purportedly involved “transnational characters”.

The investigators noted that Mr Sharif’s host Waqar [Ahmed], a contractor of the US embassy in Nairobi, was connected with the Kenyan National Intelligence Service (NIS) and international intelligence agencies and police.

Previously:

Arshad Sharif Was Tortured Before Being Gunned Down at Point-Blank Range

Pakistan Suggests Killing Of Journalist In Kenya Was Targeted

Arshad Sharif Was Tortured Before Being Gunned Down at Point-Blank Range

Senior Pakistani journalist, Arshad Sharif, who was recently assassinated in Kenya, had been tortured before he was shot in the head and right lung from point-blank range, Dunya TV has reported.

Arshad Sharif Was Tortured Before Being Gunned Down at Point-Blank Range

H/T: Justin Podur

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It was discovered that Sharif’s Kenyan visa had been sponsored by Khurram and Waqar Ahmed who also hosted him, and who owned the shooting range near where he was discovered dead. On Tuesday it was reported that Arshad Sharif had dined with at least 10 American shooting instructors on the final day of his life.

Pakistan Suggests Killing Of Journalist In Kenya Was Targeted

Pakistan says evidence suggests the shooting of a prominent Pakistani journalist who was living in Kenya may have been an assassination as media watchdog Reporters Without Borders called for an independent United Nations probe into the incident.

Pakistan Suggests Killing Of Journalist In Kenya Was Targeted

H/T: Imran Khan

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