Arshad Sharif’s body dispatched to Pakistan from Kenya: Marriyum Aurangzeb
Kenyan journalists share Arshad Sharif’s vehicle footage on social media,
The Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister, Marriyum Aurangzeb, said that the body of senior investigative journalist Arshad Sharif has been dispatched to Pakistan.
he minister said that Pakistani High Commissioner Saqlain Syeda personally inspected the process for several hours as Sharif’s body was being sent to Pakistan. She stayed at the Nairobi airport for several hours until the body was sent to Pakistan, the PML-N leader said.
Flight QR1342, carrying the coffin of Arshad Sharif, departed from Nairobi at 3:25 PST. The flight will have a stopover in Qatar, according to sources. The flight QR0632, flying from Doha at 2235 PST today, will arrive at the Islamabad airport at 1am in Wednesday’s wee hours, according to sources.
The information minister said Arshad Sharif’s body was sent to Islamabad after the legal processes were completed.
In an earlier statement, Marriyum said that Arshad’s postmortem was completed. “The ambassador of Pakistan in Kenya is busy preparing the legal papers. As soon as the paperwork is completed, Arshad Sharif’s body will be brought back to the country,” she had said.
Local journalists in Kenya on Monday night shared some photographs and footage of the vehicle of Pakistani senior journalist Arshad Sharif.
in the video and photos, some bullet marks could be observed on the vehicle’s back side.
Reportedly, Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was sitting in the front seat when bullets were fired on a vehicle in Kenya’s remote area.
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