On the order of the Supreme Court, a case was registered for the murder of the well-known journalist Arshad Sharif
On the order of the Supreme Court, the Islamabad Police has registered the case of the murder of well-known journalist Arshad Sharif in the Ramna police station. A police complaint filed at Islamabad's Ramna police station under Sections 302 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code has named Khurram Ahmed, Waqar Ahmed and Tariq Ahmed Wasi.
It has been stated in the FIR that Inspector Mian Muhammad Shehbaz reached the Pims Hospital in Islamabad on receiving the information, where Arshad Sharif's dead body was brought to Pakistan from abroad.
The report states that the postmortem of Arshad Sharif was conducted by the medical board and the board handed over 4 parcels of samples and a coin bullet sample, however, the postmortem report was not given at that time while the body was handed over to the next of kin. The police have said that Arshad Sharif was killed abroad and his inquiry is being conducted at a high level while the parcels of samples given by the medical board were kept in the police station.
It has been said in the case that according to the postmortem report, Arshad Sharif died due to the fire of firearms.
Khurram Ahmed, Waqar Ahmed and Tariq Ahmed Wasi have been named as accused in the murder of Arshad Sharif in the case registered at Ramna police station and the investigation will be under sections 34, 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code. Islamabad Police has said in the report that Inspector Mian Mohammad Shehbaz in charge of Homicide incident has been appointed for investigation.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had ordered to register a case on Arshad Sharif's murder.A larger bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial comprising Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, Justice Jamal Mandukhel, Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazahar heard the suo motu case.
During the hearing, Foreign Secretary Asad Majeed, DG FIF Mohsin Butt, Information Secretary Shahira Shahid, PFUJ President Afzal Butt, DGIB, Home Secretary, PUFJ President reached the Supreme Court.
The Chief Justice had said that everyone has the right to access the investigation report, the journalist was killed, it should be revealed who killed him.
The Chief Justice said that Arshad Sharif's medical report is unsatisfactory, the matter is being taken seriously, a 5-member bench has been formed due to the seriousness of the situation, Abuse of journalists will not be tolerated under any circumstances. If someone gives wrong news, then legislate in this regard.
During the hearing, the Chief Justice said that according to our information, no case has been registered, the Foreign Office should submit a reply regarding the investigation and registration of a case in Kenya by tomorrow.
The Chief Justice said that journalists are the voice of truth, it is a matter of human life, Arshad Sharif was a renowned journalist, journalists are the source of information, people are very worried about the murder, all the facts of Arshad Sharif's murder must be brought forward. No finger was pointed at anyone for the murder of Arshad Sharif.
The Supreme Court ordered the concerned authorities to register the case of Arshad Sharif's murder by tonight and also ordered to submit the inquiry report today (December 6).
Arshad Sharif's murder
Arshad Sharif left Pakistan in August after several cases were registered against him, initially in the United Arab Emirates, before moving to Kenya where he was killed.
Initially, the Kenyan media quoted the local police as saying that Arshad Sharif was shot dead by the police on mistaken identity, later Kenyan media reports reporting the events related to the murder stated that Arshad Sharif At the time of the murder, the man in his car opened fire on the officers of the Paramilitary General Service Unit.
The Pakistan government then formed an investigative team that went to Kenya to investigate the murder.
In a statement issued immediately after the killing, the Kenyan police said that police opened fire on his vehicle when it crossed a roadblock. Pakistani citizen Arshad Muhammad Sharif was seriously injured in a police incident in Magadi, Kajiado limits of vehicle number DG 200M.
The Kenyan police expressed their condolences to the families of the incident and added in the statement that "NPS is ashamed of this unfortunate incident, the relevant authorities are investigating the incident so that appropriate action can be taken".
Reports in the Kenyan media immediately claimed that the killing of Arshad Sharif was the result of a 'misidentification' by the police.
The police had claimed that Arshad Sharif and his driver allegedly violated the blockade, on which the police opened fire. Done.
