Today, Thursday, the Pakistani army called for an international investigation into the killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif, who was shot dead by police in Kenya, where he was living in hiding after fleeing the country.
The 49-year-old Sharif, who is well known for his criticism of the powerful Pakistani army, left the country in August after being accused of holding the generals accountable for the coup of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Khan, who was ousted from the parliament this year, said that he had asked the journalist to leave because of intelligence suggesting that an assassination plot against him was underway.
General Babar Eftakhar, spokesman for the Pakistani military, said that a transparent investigation must be carried out by an international organisation like the United Nations.
For the first time in the history of the nation, Khan, the head of Pakistani intelligence, was compelled to address the media.
“There was no known danger to Sharif’s life. He kept in touch with his friends at our office, “According to Pakistan’s head of intelligence, General Nadim Anjoom.
The Kenyan police said that the journalist was killed when the car that was Sharif was inside and another Pakistani man did not stop at a checkpoint. The situation was characterised by the police as an incorrect identification.
The Kenyan journalist Arshad Sharif was murdered, and the Pakistani army demands that the UN launch an investigation.
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