It has been a year since the murder of Arshad Sharif in Kenya



A year has passed since the murder of senior Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya, but the accused have not been brought to justice.


It should be remembered that journalist Arshad Sharif was killed a year ago today during an alleged police encounter in Kenya.


The incident that took place on the Magadi Highway in Nairobi, Kenya on October 23, 2022 was later described as a case of mistaken identity by the Kenyan police, but the investigation into Arshad Sharif's murder case found a contradiction in the position of the Kenyan police. went.


The initial position of the police was that they were there to recover the kidnapped child, while local investigators say that the way the car was hit by bullets does not seem to have been fired from a moving vehicle.


On the other hand, according to Khurram, who was driving Arshad Sharif's car at the time of the incident, he had taken the car to the village of Tapasi at a distance of half an hour from the incident site.


All five Kenyan police officers involved in the murder of Arshad Sharif returned to duty after being rehabilitated.


According to the sources, all the five police officers were declared innocent in the inquiry while 2 officers were also promoted to senior rank.


The Supreme Court of Pakistan had taken notice of the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif, but despite several hearings, the case could not reach a decision.