ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Friday decided to become a party to the senior journalist Arshad Sharif’s assassination case and formed a committee in this regard.
After leakage of the graphic photos of Arshad Sharif’s body and post-mortem reports, the PFUJ has decided to become a party to the assassination case. According to the declaration, a delegation headed by PFUJ President Afzal Butt held a detailed meeting with the slain journalist’s mother, wife and his children.
The delegation members included Secretary Finance Lala Asad Pathan, Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) President Abid Abbasi, Secretary Finance Kashan Akmal, National Press Club (NPC) President Anwar Raza, Vice-President Maira Imran, Secretary Finance Nayyar Ali and Joint Secretary Talat Farooq.
On the occasion, mother the slain anchorperson shared details with the PFUJ delegation about cases registered against her son. She also informed the delegation about the slain Sharif’s letters to different authorities to seek protection and reasons for his departure from Pakistan and Dubai.
Moreover, the delegation was also informed about the difficulties being faced by the family to get his post-mortem report and death certificate. Sharif’s mother expressed her hope that killers of her son would be exposed with the efforts of the PFUJ.
After the meeting, the journalist’s union formed a five-member committee headed by President Afzal Butt.
The other members of the committee will include Secretary General Arshad Ansari, Secretary Finance Lala Asad Pathan, RIUJ President Abid Abbasi and NPC President Anwar Raza.
PIMS DOCTOR AWAITS KENYAN AUTOPSY REPORT
With reports circulating that senior journalist and anchorperson Arshad Sharif was probably tortured before his murder in Kenya, doctors who performed the autopsy in Islamabad confirmed presence of certain marks on the journalist’s body.
This was disclosed by Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Director Dr Khalid Masood to media on Friday.
He said that they have yet to receive the report of the postmortem conducted of Arshad Sharif’s body in Kenya. He said that this was the biggest hindrance in ascertaining if the slain journalist was tortured before being killed.
Dr Masood said initial medical reports suggested Arshad Sharif was shot twice.
There are eight to 12 marks on Sharif’s body and a wound on his right wrist, he said, somewhat confirming some of the pictures circulating on the internet which were said to be of Arshad Sharif’s body taken during his postmortem examination.
