According to Reports, the mother of well-known journalist and anchorperson Arshad Sharif has written a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), seeking the formation of a high-powered judicial commission to investigate her son’s murder. has been demanded.
Sharif was shot dead by Kenyan police last month in a case of “mistaken identity” while on his way to Nairobi.
In a letter to the Chief Justice, Rafat Ara Alvi requested that the case of his son’s gruesome murder be prevented from becoming controversial. Demanding justice for the slain journalist, his mother requested the chief justice to take legal action as per law and appoint a high-powered judicial commission to end the sense of insecurity among the family and the journalist community. .
According to the letter, Alvi has demanded the inclusion of senior judges of the Supreme Court in the judicial commission to determine the real motive behind the killings and identify the culprits.
“Only knowing the real motives and culprits and bringing them to justice will end the agony of martyr Arshad Sharif’s family and his journalist community. Otherwise, I leave my case to Allah for His justice.” Waiting”, said the grieving mother.
“I hope that considering the seriousness of the case, my letter will be given due attention and not ignored like my martyred son’s letter to the authorities about the threats to his life, The mother added that this was her first and last letter, pleading for justice
He also requested the Chief Justice to take immediate notice of the present government’s attitude and behavior towards the brutal and merciless “murder” of his son on October 23, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya so that he and his Wife Soumya Arshad and justice can be provided to her. His five orphans
“We want justice and nothing else,” the mother told the Chief Justice as her son Arshad Sharif wrote a letter to his honor on July 12, 2022 during his lifetime to express his concern about the threats to his life and the numerous unfounded allegations. Offenders can be brought to their notice. Cases (multiple FIRs) have been initiated against him by the current government across the country on sedition and other charges.
“Due to this, my martyred son was forced to leave the country on August 10, 2022 and had to seek refuge in Dubai,” the grieving mother wrote, adding that when he arrived in Dubai, she was content and less worried because she thought That the life of his only living son was out of danger and he was safe from these false and frivolous charges of sedition.
However, she alleged that the Pakistani government pressured the UAE government to deport her son. The mother informed the Chief Justice that my martyred son immediately went to Kenya because of the easy visa-on-arrival policy and was brutally murdered two months later in Nairobi.
He said the real reasons behind the case were being covered up, which needed to be brought to light, especially given the changing stance of the Kenyan police, who had changed their minds at least four times.
He also said that before Pakistan’s investigation team left for Kenya on October 28, 2022, federal ministers started circulating various fabricated stories about the death of his martyred son.
He also said that the Prime Minister had announced that a letter would be written to the Islamabad High Court for the establishment of a high-powered judicial commission, but unfortunately, contrary to his statement, a retired Justice Abdul Shakoor Paracha and two Federal Govt. Officers included. Made a member of the commission which indicates the nefarious intentions of the government.
