Interior Minister Rana Sanaullahlink on Friday alleged that theAhmad brothers — Khurram and Waqar — killed senior journalist andanchorperson Arshad Sharif link withKenyan police.
Speaking during the a TV programme, the federal minister termed Sharif’smurder as “target killing” and said that this was not the case of “mistakenidentity”.
Sanaullah said that the Ahmad brothers killed Sharif with the Kenyan policeand tried to paint another picture. “Both the brothers are not evenproviding access to their mobile phone’s data,” he said.
The interior minister said that Sharif went to Kenya from Dubai on Waqar’ssponsorship and he was staying in his flat.
“This is a joint conspiracy of Waqar, Khurram and five Kenyan policeofficers,” said Sanaullah, adding that there were torture marks on Sharif’sbody.
He continued to say that those who fired at the journalist knew who theywere shooting at. They knew which side Sharif was sitting, he said.
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“We have the evidence against those who forced Sharif to leave the country.Some people called him and told him to leave while some say that Sharifleft due to the situation in the country. However, Arshad Shariflink did not want to leave thecountry,” he added.
Sanaullah also said that a threat alert was issued to scare the slainjournalist. He also revealed that there is evidence of how Sharif was madeto sit in the plane from Peshawar.
He also said that the person who helped Sharif get an online visa wasWaqar, adding that the latter did not know the former before.
“We have the record of everything including why Sharif went to Waqar’shouse and stayed as a guest,” said the minister, adding that Waqar is notbeing named in the case because the commission has yet to go and look intothese matters.
