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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has formed has constituted a 3-members probe committee to investigate the assassination of prominent journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya.

According to a notification issued by the federal Inteior Ministry, the probe committee comprises members from FIA, IB, and ISI, according to the notification. The investigation team includes ISI Lt Col Saad Ahmed, Deputy Director-General IB Shahid Hamid, and FIA Director Athar Waheed.

The move by the Federal government came hours after DG ISPR, while talking to a private TV channel, asked the federal government to conduct a “high-level investigation” into the killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif by Kenyan law enforcement officials.

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Earlier, the General Headquarters of Pakistan Army (GHQ) also wrote a letter to the federal government, seeking to form an inquiry commission to investigate into the killing of prominent Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif.

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As per the notification, the investigation team will immediately leave for Kenya and submit its report to the ministry.

It may be recalled that Arshad Sharif was shot dead in Kenya by local police in what was officially described as a case of ‘mistaken identity’. The Keyan media had quoted local police as claiming that Arshad Sharif was shot in the head and killed by police after he and his driver allegedly breached a roadblock that had been set up to check on motor vehicles using the route.

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Kenyan media, on the other hand, had disputed the police version, saying “the truth might be in what has not been documented” in the police report, and raised numerous questions about the content given to them by officials.

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