Oct 26(ABC): The Ministry of Interior has formed an investigation team to probe the killing of renowned journalist Arshad Sharif, reported Wednesday. The ministry has issued a notification in this regard.
On October 23, Sharif was shot and killed by the Kenyan police in a “mistaken identity” case while he was travelling to Nairobi from Kenya’s Magadi town.
The FIA, IB, and ISI officers are part of the three-member investigation team.
FIA Director Athar Waheed, Deputy Director-General IB Shahid Hamid and ISI Lt Col Saad Ahmed are part of the probe team.
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.