RAWALPINDI: Following the killing of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya,Director-General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Babar Iftikharhas demanded legal action against those accusing state institutions‘without any evidence’, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
Talking to a private news channel, the DG ISPR noted that Pakistan militaryhas urged the federal government to conduct a ‘high-level’ investigationinto the killing of Arshad Sharif in Kenya.
“We have requested the government to hold a high-level investigation sothat all these speculations can be put to rest,” Babar Iftikhar said inresponse to a question about the allegations being levelled against thestate institutions regarding Sharif’s killing.
He further said, “It is very unfortunate that people indulge in allegationswithout any evidence and I think a thorough investigation needs to beconducted to tackle these things.”
The DG ISPR also said that a probe should also be conducted on why ArshadSharif had to leave Pakistan. “It is important to find answers to questionsregarding who forced Sharif to leave Pakistan, and what were thecircumstances leading to this incident,” he addedlink.
“Because in such circumstances, allegations are leveled at the end of theday, and institutions are accused,” he said, adding that that’s why themilitary has requested the government to take legal action against allthese people who are leveling allegations without any evidence.
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Calling Sharif a ‘very professional man’, Babar Iftikhar said that hisprogrammes would be remembered as ‘textbook journalism’. “We just have tosee who is using this unfortunate incident, who is the beneficiary of thisthing and this needs to end,” Gen Iftikhar concluded.
Arshad Sharif was shot dead in Kenya by the local police on Sunday nightalong the Nairobi-Magadi highway in a “mistaken identity case”. Theofficial police statement later expressing “regrets on the unfortunateincident” and saying an investigation was underway.
In a statement today, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said that thefederal government has decided to form a judicial commission under thesupervision of high court judge to probe the murder of prominent journalist.
