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.
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.
Stop media trial and give us post-mortem report from Kenya and Pakistan. Show some humanity and respect towards us and late @arsched .
— Javeria Siddique (@javerias) November 9, 2022
ارشد بہت شرم و حیا والے تھے اس ملک سے بھی اس لئے گئے تھے کہ انکو ننگا کرکے کرنے والا ٹارچر قبول نہیں تھا آپ سب انکے اعضاء کی تصویر مت شئیر کریں شہید اور ہمیں تکلیف مت دیں
— Javeria Siddique (@javerias) November 9, 2022
میں ارشد سے تین بار پمز میں ملی میں بیوی ہونے کے باوجود فون نہیں لے کر گئ تو کس نے تصاویر لے کر میڈیا کو لیک کی
پمز کی انتظامیہ ل ع ن ت کی مستحق ہے— Javeria Siddique (@javerias) November 9, 2022
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.
deleted video of my show that shows the pics of the hands of late Arshad Shareef in the respect of the family — intention is only to pressurise this Govt to tell the truth about his brutal murder— issue the post mortem report and find the killers !
— Kamran Shahid (@FrontlineKamran) November 9, 2022