INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kenya was shot and killed by police after the car he was in sped up instead of halting at a roadblock near Nairobi, the police said on
He was also a critic of the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who has repeatedly said he believes in freedom of the media.On
killing, according to a government statement.Nairobi police said Arshad Sharif was shot in the head and killed Sunday night after the car he
was in with his brother, Khurram Ahmed, drove through a roadblock set up on the Nairobi-Magadi highway to check vehicles along the key route
They were traveling from the town of Magadi to the Kenyan capital.The two ignored police orders to stop and sped up
His whereabouts were not publicly known; most of his friends knew only that he had spent time in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, and
incident of shooting which turned (out) to be a case of mistaken identity involving a journalist
carjacking in the Pangani area of Nairobi, where a child was taken hostage.Pakistani President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Sharif, who is not
left Pakistan, the private ARY Television fired Arshad Sharif, saying he had repeatedly criticized the military on social media in violation
His talk show POWERPLAY, which aired on Mondays and Thursdays, was discontinued.The station had earlier in the year remained critical of
Khan claims he was ousted under a U.S
Islamabad over the killing and demanded justice for Sharif
He demanded an independent probe into the incident, saying there were contradictions in the statement of Kenyan police
his fundamental rights were being violated by security forces
Police and the government at the time confirmed that Sharif is being sought in a complaint case but said no action had been carried out to
arrest Sharif.Source: AFP/AP--Agencies
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