Arshad Sharif
PTI leader says Arsha Sharif's death was 'pre-planned' and hatched within Pakistan
Islamabad: A PTI leader has claimed that the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif was 'pre-planned' and hatched in Pakistan media reports said on Friday.
He even said evidence of the crime was erased.
In a press conference at the Islamabad Press Club today, Vawda vowed to reveal the truth behind Sharif’s killing.
“No evidence or Arshad’s mobile or laptop will be found because they have been erased," he said.
“This is a cold-blooded planned murder,” he alleged as quoted by Dawn News that he was in contact with the journalist since the day Sharif left the country.
“It is being said that around 20 bullets were shot and Arshad Sharif was killed. But this did not happen. According to me, he was shot from inside the car or close range. He received 2 bullets, in the head and chest, not 20 bullets,” he said.
Vawda claimed that the story regarding a child’s kidnapping surrounding the journalist’s murder was false, saying that if a child was present in the car, why would the police open fire.
“This was cold planned brutal murder just of Arshad Sharif in this car, not anyone else," he said.
The PTI leader said that he won’t name the people involved in the crime.
“I have made a video and have given names of those people […] I have given those names internationally. I have given millions of dollars. I have a clear message, if I am shot and killed then you’ll be killed too,” he said.
He went on to claim that the “conspiracy [regarding the journalist’s murder] began when FIRs (first information reports) were lodged against Arshad Sharif”, alleging that the journalist was not ready to leave the country.
“The conspirators scared him and made him desperate to leave the country. He then reached Dubai and it was said that the establishment or an unnamed institution put pressure to get him out […] but this is also false and a lie," he said.
“He stayed in Dubai as per the visa limit, when it expired then he had to leave. The diversion to London was told but he didn’t go there,” Vawda claimed.
Sharif was reportedly shot dead in Kenya allegedly by the local police on Sunday night.
Kenya's police earlier said a probe into the incident is currently going on.
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