Nairobi/London: Business brothers Waqar Ahmed and Khurram Ahmed have reneged on their promise to cooperate with the Pakistani investigative team investigating the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif.
Sources familiar with the matter said that Waqar and Khurram had assured Pakistani investigators that they would fully cooperate with the Pakistani investigation and had assured to provide CCTV of the Riverside Residence penthouse in Nairobi, but they did not. Failed to deliver anything as of three weeks after assurances from Pakistan. Research team.
The two brothers assured their cooperation during meetings with Pakistani and Kenyan officials in Nairobi, but have now refused to provide key information requested by Pakistan.
His lawyer did not respond.
Sources said that after the meeting between Waqar and Khurram, Pakistan’s investigative team – FIA Director Athar Wahid and Intelligence Bureau (IB) Deputy Director General Umar Shahid Hamid sent a formal letter to Waqar saying There was: CCTV footage of the penthouse apartment where Arshad Sharif was present. Stayed two months and three days as your guest; The names and contact details of the instructors and therapists who were on your training site Amodump at the time of Arshad Sharif’s murder. What organizations do trainers and instructors belong to? the names and contact details of all staff employed by you at your training site; List of persons who met Mr. Arshad Sharif during his stay at your premises. the names and contact details of the persons who asked you to sponsor Sharif’s letter of invitation; and an explanation of the whereabouts of Sharif’s iPads and cellphones that were last in your possession.
Sources have confirmed that three weeks have passed and Waqar and Khurram have not provided any assistance to Pakistan. After Nairobi, the Pakistani team went to Dubai and now back to Islamabad.
Sharif’s visa to Kenya was sponsored by Nairobi-based property developer Waqar Ahmed, brother of Khurram Ahmed who was driving Arshad Sharif on the fateful night of October 23, 2022 when Arshad Sharif was arrested by the Kenyan police. They were killed in the rain of bullets. A deserted area.
Waqar and Khurram’s lawyers had earlier told Geo News in a statement that their clients are innocent.
“The Kenyan police released a statement and regretted the shooting as a case of mistaken identity. That’s all we know for now. The investigation is still ongoing and our client is fully cooperating with the investigation, Daniel Carrago told this reporter.
