ISLAMABAD: Mother of martyred journalist Arshad Sharif has rejected the probe commission formed by federal government on Monday to investigate the gruesome murder of senior investigative journalist and anchorperson Arshad Sharif in Kenya.
The commission was approved by federal cabinet on Monday morning mandated to submit its report in 30 days.
“This (commission) is in contradiction of Prime Minister’s announcement. I would urge not to politicise the murder of my son. I want a ‘high-powered judicial commission’ or a commission under the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The family of Arshad Sharif who is already suffering through difficult times needs judicious and fair probe,” a statement quoted the mother of Arshad Sharif.
The statement said that the government which registered several cases and charged Arshad Sharif under ‘treason’ and compelled Arshad Sharif to leave his homeland and later forced him to leave UAE. She urged PFUJ and journalist bodies not to surrender to pressures and continue struggle under fair probe is made into the murder of the senior journalist.
Earlier in the day, the federal cabinet approved the summary to give go ahead signal to the formation of the commission under the Pakistan Commission of Inquiry Act, 2017.
Former judge Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Abdus Shakoor Paracha was appointed the head of the commission, while other members were Additional IG Police Dr. Usman Anwar and Intelligence Bureau’s Umar Shahid Hamid.
Sources informed that the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) would also assist the commission in the probe.
Senior journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead in the outskirts of Kenyan capital Nairobi, a week ago, on October 24, 2022
Police in Kenya confirmed his death and said it had opened an investigation into the incident.
Sharif’s wife Javeria Siddiqui took to Twitter and confirmed the tragic news, acknowledging that her husband was killed in Kenya.
