Senior journalist Arshad Sharif shot dead in Kenya, confirms wife

Monitoring Desk
Senior journalist Arshad Sharif died in Kenya’s Nairobi city after reportedly being shot, confirmed his wife Javeria Siddique early Monday.
Taking to her official Twitter handle, Siddique said “I lost friend, husband and my favourite journalist Arshad today, as per police he was shot in Kenya.”
Siddique in a tweet later in the evening said the body of Sharif will arrive tomorrow and the burial will be held at H-11 Cemetery in Islamabad on Thursday.
Briefing the media on the development, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said that Pakistan’s ambassador to Kenya, Syeda Saqlain, Kenyan police officials and doctors are currently at the mortuary in Nairobi where the ambassador has identified Sharif’s body.
The minister also said that after identification, the process to repatriate the deceased has been initiated.
She also added that Kenyan authorities have been requested to complete the regulatory process as soon as possible.
In a press release, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressing deep sorrow over the “untimely death” of Arshad Sharif in Kenya also confirmed that the body had been identified by Pakistan’s high commissioner in the country.
The statement read: “Pakistan’s High Commissioner in Kenya received initial information about the death of Arshad Sharif early in the morning of October 24.”