PTI leader sees blood and coffins in party\u2019s upcoming long march to Islamabad
\nIslamabad
\nPTI leader Faisal Vawda on Wednesday claimed that journalist Arshad Sharif\u2019s murder was \u201cpre-planned\u201d and \u201cconspired in Pakistan\u201d, adding that the evidence of the crime has been erased.
\nAt a press conference in the Islamabad Press Club, he vowed to reveal the truth behind Sharif\u2019s killing. \u201cNo evidence or Arshad\u2019s mobile or laptop will be found because they have been erased.
\n\u201cThis is a cold-blooded planned murder,\u201d he alleged, adding that he was in contact with the journalist since the day Sharif left the country.
\n\u201cIt is being said that around 20 bullets were shot and Arshad Sharif was killed. But this did not happen. According to me, he was shot from inside the car or close range. He received 2 bullets, in the head and chest, not 20 bullets.\u201d
\nVawda claimed that the story regarding a child\u2019s kidnapping surrounding the journalist\u2019s murder was false, saying that if a child was present in the car, why would the police open fire.
\n\u201cThis was cold planned brutal murder just of Arshad Sharif in this car, not anyone else.\u201d
\nThe PTI leader said that he won\u2019t name the people involved in the crime. \u201cI have made a video and have given names of those people [\u2026] I have given those names internationally. I have given millions of dollars. I have a clear message, if I am shot and killed then you\u2019ll be killed too.\u201d
\nHe went on to claim that the \u201cconspiracy [regarding the journalist\u2019s murder] began when FIRs (first information reports) were lodges against Arshad Sharif\u201d, alleging that the journalist was not ready to leave the country.
\n\u201cThe conspirators scared him and made him desperate to leave the country. He then reached Dubai and it was said that establishment or an unnamed institution put pressure to get him out [\u2026] but this is also false and a lie.
\n\u201cHe stayed in Dubai as per the visa limit, when it expired then he had to leave. The diversion to London was told but he didn\u2019t go there,\u201d Vawda claimed.
\nHe said that Arshad Sharif was steadfast on his stance and no one could buy him. \u201cIn coming days I will uncover all the curtains. I have told my family if something happens to me then as gifts you will get their bodies too.
\n\u201cNo normal person could have sent Arshad Sharif to Kenya. Who hid him and was in contact with him in Kenya? Behind it are those conspirators and liars who want to break the country, break my party and damage this country,\u201d he alleged.
\nVawda also claimed that the establishment had been in contact with Arshad Sharif. \u201cHe was ready to come back to Pakistan. He had no issue. Then fear was set in that lets get him killed so evidence will be gone and a fire will erupt.
\n\u201cNow you all will ask me, how do I know all this and why. When Arshad Sharif went from this country, from that day to last days, I was in contact with him and my phone is available for forensic analysis,\u201d he said.
\nThe PTI leader continued that the players of the \u201cconspiracy in Pakistan\u201d were present inside the country and were \u201cinternationally connected\u201d.
\n\u201cArshad Sharif was murdered. He had no danger from here, the establishment which we take name of, had positive contact with him and I was part of that,\u201d he further claimed and warned that he would take the names of the perpetrators in the upcoming days.
\n\u201cEstablishment has no role in this killing, the role of the one will be apparent in coming days,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PTI leader sees blood and coffins in party\u2019s upcoming long march to Islamabad Islamabad PTI leader Faisal Vawda on Wednesday claimed that journalist Arshad Sharif\u2019s murder was \u201cpre-planned\u201d and \u201cconspired in Pakistan\u201d, adding that the evidence of the crime has been erased. At a press conference in the Islamabad Press Club, he vowed to reveal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11215,3883,20,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-291784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-arshad-sharif","9":"tag-faisal-vawda","10":"tag-pakistan","11":"tag-pti"},"yoast_head":"\n