Arshad Sharif
Imran Khan describes Arshad Sharif's death as 'targeted killing', attacks Pakistan government
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has attacked the current government and called the recent death of journalist Arshad Sharif, who was shot dead in Kenya, a ‘targeted killing’.
Addressing a lawyers’ convention at Nishtar Hall in Peshawar, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief said that the journalist was “martyred for speaking the truth”.
“When Arshad Sharif started receiving threats from unknown numbers for exposing the regime change conspiracy, I asked him to leave the country,” Khan was quoted as saying by Dawn News.
He said at first the journalist refused to leave the country, but he left upon his advice.
He said he told the slain journalist that he got information the same way he had received the information about a plot to kill him.
“No matter what the people say about the murder of Sharif, it is an act of targeted killing,” he said.
Sharif was reportedly shot dead in Kenya allegedly by the local police on Sunday night.
Kenya's police said a probe into the incident is currently going on.
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