The brutal killing of a widely known investigative journalist, Arshad Sharif, in Kenya on early October 24 morning, could have allegedly been undertaken by ISI’s murderer squad.
Sharif, of late, has been extremely essential of the military over the Imran Khan affair. In truth, he needed to flee Pakistan to avoid wasting himself from a flurry of prison instances registered against for being stridently essential of the military management.
Sharif was the goal of the institution for a couple of reason–he was engaged on a documentary on corruption in Pakistan titled ‘Behind Closed Doors’, reportedly an expose of politicians and Generals in widespread corruption within the nation. He was additionally reportedly investigating the ISI-Dawood Ibrahim hyperlink in Kenya as a part of the documentary, sources alleged.
Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday claimed that Sharif was a sufferer of “target killing”.
Sharif was shot useless in Kenya allegedly by the native police on Sunday evening, with an official police assertion later expressing “regrets on the unfortunate incident” and saying an investigation was underway.
Initially Kenyan media quoted the native police as saying Sharif was shot useless by police in a case of “mistaken identity”. Imran addressed the journalist’s killing throughout his speech at a legal professionals’ conference in Peshawar, saying that Sharif was a “martyr”.
Under stress from the institution, Sharif reportedly had fled to Dubai. His lawyer later alleged that the UAE authorities had “threatened“ him with deportation to Pakistan. Subsequently Sharif left for Kenya to hitch his brother. Sources quoting his mates alleged that they imagine that he was killed by Afghan assassins.
The alacrity with which the Pakistan Ambassador and different officers reached the mortuary the place Arshad’s physique was stored raises suspicion about cowl up reasonably than investigation, sources alleged.
The position of ISI assassins has been strengthened additional by a Kenyan journalist’s account of the homicide. He mentioned Sharif was “needed by highly effective individuals“ in Pakistan. What makes thejournalist’s particulars deepen the suspicion about paid assassins behind the assault are his pointer that the deadly shot was “fired with precision through the rear mirror of the car.” The capturing might have been carried out by a sniper. ISI has on its roll name a number of mercenaries who use totally different strategies to hold out the duty.
The Kenyan media can also be investigating the potential for Sharif’s killing being funded by highly effective sources. In Kenya, such extra-judicial killings have been widespread, the media has hinted at.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan put the worry of state killing in additional clear phrases:
“A long, grim record of violent tactics to silence journalists explain why the reported murder of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya has sent shock waves through the journalist community.”
In 2021,ISI-backed Sajid Mir, the worldwide terrorist who had masterminded the Mumbai assault of 2008, was behind the killing of Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist who had drawn blasphemous cartoons of Prohet Mohammad in 2007. Vilks died in a automotive crash reportedly engineered by brokers of Sajid Mir.
A yr in the past, in 2020, ISI’s hand had change into clear within the suspicious dying of Baloch activist, Karima Baloch. She disappeared for a day earlier than her physique was discovered submerged in a lake. Although the Canadian police referred to as the dying a suicide, many imagine Karima was killed by assassins despatched by Pakistan Army.
These suspicions have additional gained energy when one such murderer was caught earlier than he might kill the Netherlands primarily based Ahmad Waqass Goraya who had fled Pakistan. The murderer, Gohir Khan, was a grocery store employee, closely in debt and had accepted £100,000 for killing Goraya, sources alleged.