ISLAMABAD: The federal government has instituted an inquiry committee to investigate the assassination of renowned journalist Arshad Sharif. The interior ministry has issued a notification in this regard.
On October 23, Sharif was shot and killed by the Kenyan police. The country’s police admitted that the journalist was killed in a “mistaken identity” case while he was traveling to Nairobi from Kenya’s Magadi town.
The probe body comprises investigators from the FIA, IB, and ISI, according to the notification.
The investigation team includes ISI Lt Col Saad Ahmed, Deputy Director-General IB Shahid Hamid, and FIA Director Athar Waheed, the notification said.
According to the notification issued by the interior ministry, the investigation team will immediately leave for Kenya and submit its report to the ministry.
The foreign ministry and the officials of the Pakistani High Commission in Kenya will assist the team.
The Kenyan police, in its report, admitted that Arshad Sharif was shot in the head in a mistaken identity case.
Arshad Sharif’s body was brought to Islamabad in the early hours of Wednesday. Members of his family received his body at the Islamabad airport.
The family announced that his funeral prayers will be offered at the Shah Faisal Mosque Islamabadbad at 2pm on Thursday. Later, he will be laid to rest at the H-11 cemetery in the federal capital.