ISLAMABAD
\nThe fact-finding committee, formed to probe the killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif, has revealed in its report that the former anchorperson was apparently forced to leave United Arab Emirates (UAE).
\nAccording to details, the revelation was made by the fact-finding committee in a report submitted to Secretary of Interior. The committee had traveled to Kenya and Dubai to probe Arshad Sharif\u2019s movements and his killing.
\nAfter the investigation, the committee prepared a report which was then submitted to the Secretary of Interior.
\nIn the report, the committee revealed that the slain journalist was forced to leave Pakistan due to the threats associated with the cases registered against him, pointing out that the cases were against the rules and regulations.
\nThe report also dismissed the view that Arshad Sharif was killed due to mistaken identity, claiming the journalist\u2019s murder had been planned. It also revealed that the anchorperson was apparently forced to leave United Arab Emirates (UAE).
\nThe committee, in its report, stated that former federal minister Faisal Vawda had not submitted his statement or evidence despite being summoned by the authorities.
\n\u201cFaisal Vawda did not even submit the answers to the questionnaire, forwarded by the committee,\u201d it added. Most of the fact-finding report consists of interviews with people.
\nMeanwhile, the report also revealed that only two out of nine plaintiffs of first information reports, registered against the journalist, appeared before the committee.
\nThe report stated that the cases against Arshad Sharif were not registered as per the rules and were not approved by the government.
\nEarlier on December 3, the investigation committee, formed to probe the killing of journalist Arshad Sharif, submitted the inquiry report to Secretary of Interior.
\nSources said that the inquiry committee\u2019s report consists of more than 400 pages. Information from Kenya and Dubai are also included in report, they added.
\nThe senior journalist was killed in Kenyan capital Nairobi on October 23 where he was living in self-exile.
\nKenyan police first said that Arshad Sharif was killed in a case of \u201cmistaken identity\u201d but since the seasoned journalist\u2019s post-mortem and his body\u2019s transfer to his home country, several Kenyan news outlets have not only questioned the police\u2019s conduct but have raised questions over the manner in which he was killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The fact-finding committee, formed to probe the killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif, has revealed in its report that the former anchorperson was apparently forced to leave United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to details, the revelation was made by the fact-finding committee in a report submitted to Secretary of Interior. The committee had traveled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11215],"class_list":{"0":"post-299669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-arshad-sharif"},"yoast_head":"\n