Pakistan Army seeks strong action against elements hurling allegations on institution over killing of Arshad Sharif
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan armed forces have sent a letter to the incumbent government for a judicial commission to probe the killing of senior journalist and TV host Arshad Sharif.
Reports in local media said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday decided to form a judicial commission to be headed by a high court judge after receiving a letter from the headquarters of the Pakistan Army.
The armed forces also requested legal action against those hurling allegations at the institutions.
The Judicial Commission head would pick members from civil society and the media to review the facts, the Information minister said.
Earlier, journalist bodies and human right activists raised questions about Kenyan cops’ claims about the extrajudicial killing of Arshad Sharif, who left his homeland after being charged with sedition cases.
The wife of a 49-year-old first took to Twitter and confirmed the tragic news, acknowledging that her husband was killed in Kenya.
Later, Kenyan police told local news that Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead in a case of 'mistaken identity' along the Nairobi-Magadi highway.
