LONDON/NAIROBI: A post-mortem report, handed over to slain journalist Arshad Sharif’s family as well as Kenyan authorities, mentions torture signs were noticed on the victim’s body when he was autopsied in PIMS, it has been learnt, a private Pakistani TV reported on Saturday.
It can be confirmed that Sharif’s post-mortem report has now been handed over to his mother in Islamabad and also shared with Kenyan authorities including the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA), Inspector General of Police (IGP-Kenya) and Director Public Prosecution Kenya.
According to family sources, FIA’s (Federal Investigation Agency) Ather Waheed met Arshad Sharif’s family. Family sources also confirmed that FIA’s Senior Director Ather Waheed called on Sharif’s mother, Riffat Ara Alvi, in Islamabad and gave her Sharif’s post-mortem report prepared by PIMS doctors.
Ather Waheed and Omar Shahid Hamid are two senior investigators who visited Kenya for a week to investigate the killing of Arshad Sharif.
A copy of the same post-mortem report has been received in Kenya through Pakistan’s official diplomatic channels. This report mentions there were torture marks on Sharif’s body.
Separately, FIA Director-General Mohsin Hassan Butt said the evidence gathered by Pakistan so far suggested clearly that Sharif was killed in a well-organised planned assassination in Kenya and that the Kenyan police didn’t produce before two Pakistani investigators one of the shooters, who actively shot at the slain journalist.
