Arshad Sharif’s assassination: Who gave autopsy report to anchorperson Kamran Shahid?

Arshad Sharif was brutally tortured for 3 hours before his murder, fingers were broken and nails were pulled out, claims anchorperson Kamran Shahid

Dunya News senior anchorperson Kamran Shahid has exhibited extreme irresponsibility and aired the post-mortem report of the martyred senior journalist Arshad Sharif and the photos of the torture on the journalist’s body in his TV programme.

After the protest of the heirs of the martyr and the reaction on social media, Kamran Shahid removed the pictures of the deceased and the video of the program from his Twitter handle.

It raised the question of who gave the post-mortem report and photos to Kamran Shahid when they were not even provided to the family of the martyred journalist.

Dunya News anchor Kamran Shahid aired the details of the post-mortem report of slain anchorperson Arshad Sharif, who was killed in Kenya, and the photos of the alleged torture marks in his prime time show “Frontline” yesterday.

Arshad Sharif, post-mortem report, Kamran Shahid

He claimed that Sharif was brutally tortured for 2.5 to 3 hours before he was killed in Kenya. His fingernails were pulled and his fingers were broken and then he was shot at close range in the back of the head.

Arshad Sharif’s post-mortem report and the photos of the deceased went viral on social media after it was aired on Kamran Shahid’s program, upon which his widow, Javeria Siddique protested and appealed not to share the photos of the deceased on social media.

It is important to mention here that the post-mortem reports of Arshad Sharif prepared in Kenya and Pakistan were not yet been provided to his relatives. Arshad Sharif’s mother filed an application in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to obtain the autopsy reports.

In the last hearing, the Supreme Court has sought a reply from the parties including President Dr Arif Alvi, secretary interior and PIMS Hospital management by November 15 after they were nominated by the petitioner Rifaat Ara Alvi.

On the other hand, Kamran Shahid removed the pictures of the slain journalist and the clip of his program from his Twitter handle after the protest of the heirs of martyred Arshad Sharif.

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