Probe should be on why Arshad Sharif had to leave Pakistan: DG ISPR

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Babar Iftikhar on Tuesday requested the federal government to conduct a “high-level investigation” into the ‘mistaken identity’ killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif by Kenyan Police.
DG ISPR Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar while talking to private TV channel informed that ‘today GHQ has requested the Government of Pakistan to conduct a high-level investigation into this tragic incident.’
“It is imperative that this be fully investigated at the highest level, even though the Kenyan government and their police have admitted that the incident was a case of mistaken identity by the police,” he said.
Lt Gen Babar Iftakhar said, “Also, many questions have been raised on these circumstances, on which we believe that there should be a very high-level inquiry so that everything can be taken to its logical conclusion.”
DG ISPR stressed that ‘thorough investigation and research is very important to look into all these matters so that all of the speculator can be answered’.
The DG ISPR said that this investigation should not be about the circumstances of what happened in Kenya but also about the circumstances why Arshad Sharif had to leave Pakistan, who forced him to leave and how he went from Pakistan and where did he stay during this time?
DG ISPR said, “We have to bring this debate to an end, that’s why we requested the government of Pakistan and we also requested the government to take legal action against those who are making these allegations without any evidence.”
In a response to a question about journalist Arshad Sharif, he said, “All of us are very saddened by the tragic death of Arshad Sharif. It is a very sad incident. He was a very professional journalist, especially in investigative reporting.”