{"id":17983,"date":"2023-10-26T00:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T00:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/reporters-without-borders-assails-duplicity-in-arshad-sharif-murder-probe\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T00:14:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T00:14:02","slug":"reporters-without-borders-assails-duplicity-in-arshad-sharif-murder-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/reporters-without-borders-assails-duplicity-in-arshad-sharif-murder-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporters Without Borders assails \u2018duplicity\u2019 in Arshad Sharif murder probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KARACHI: Following a year-long investigation into the murder<\/a> of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has accused authorities in both countries of being uncooperative and engaging in duplicity.<\/p>\n

According to a press release<\/a> by the RSF, the investigations have been marred by opacity, misleading information, a lack of collaboration, and a failure to apprehend the suspects.<\/p>\n

This lack of action appears to prioritise personal interests over revealing the truth about Mr Sharif\u2019s death and delivering justice for his family.<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court, which initially took responsibility for investigating the Pakistani side of the case, aiming to simplify the complexities of this transnational incident, has not conducted any hearings on the matter since June 3.<\/p>\n

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Says investigations marred by misleading information, lack of collaboration<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The RSF press release added that Kenyan authorities attributed the shooting to \u201cmistaken identity,\u201d claiming a roadblock targeted a stolen vehicle.<\/p>\n

It said the claim \u201clacked credibility\u201d as the stolen van bore no resemblance to Mr Sharif\u2019s Land Cruiser, which was moving in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

The Independent Police Oversight Authority stated that officers\u2019 firing was in response to shots from Mr Sharif\u2019s car, but no weapon evidence was found, the RSF statement added. The probe has stalled, with the officers still free which has raised concerns.<\/p>\n

The report briefly examined Pakistani security services\u2019 potential involvement in the case, despite their role in Mr Sharif\u2019s flight.<\/p>\n

Mr Sharif was killed near Nairobi on October 24, 2022.<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, October 25th, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Following a year-long investigation into the murder of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has accused authorities in both countries of being uncooperative and engaging in duplicity. According to a press release by the RSF, the investigations have been marred by opacity, misleading information, a lack of collaboration, and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/10\/25102917403b524.jpg?r=110306","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t