Arshad Sharif's mobile phone, iPad 'missing' from crime scene - DAWN.com

Two cardinal pieces of evidence, including a mobile telephone and a tablet, belonging to writer Arshad Sharif, person reportedly gone ‘missing’ from the transgression scene, according to Kenyan media reports.

Almost 20 days aft the ‘murder’ of Mr Sharif, constabulary person yet to marque a breakthrough arsenic they are inactive looking for the gadgets missing from the scene, Kenyan insubstantial The Star reported.

A squad of Pakistani investigators — comprising FIA Director Athar Wahid and IB Deputy DG Omar Shahid Hamid — sent to probe the sidesplitting besides questioned the timing of the gadgets’ disappearance, which they judge mightiness person been stolen erstwhile Mr Sharif was shot, the study said.

So far, constabulary person established that Mr Sharif arrived successful Kenya connected Aug 20 connected a visa that was sponsored by Waqar and Khurram Ahmed, the 2 brothers who hosted him. The second was with Mr Sharif successful the car erstwhile helium was shot.

TV channels assertion autopsy revealed signs writer was ‘tortured’

The squad of Pakistani investigators person sought names and contacts of instructors who were contiguous astatine the shooting scope erstwhile Mr Sharif was there, according to Kenyan quality transmission Nation. After the request, the Kenyan authorities has asked the 2 brothers to stock the details of those contiguous astatine the shooting scope that night.

Meanwhile, Geo News, quoting a Kenyan authorities official, reported that astir 10 US instructors and trainees were contiguous astatine the site. In his connection to the team, Mr Waqar said helium had met Mr Sharif conscionable erstwhile earlier helium invited him for meal astatine the shooting range, arsenic per the Nation report.

“After the meal, Arshad Sharif near with my member Khurram successful the car and fractional an hr aboriginal determination was a study of firing connected the vehicle,” helium said.

The 2 brothers besides told investigators that Mr Sharif wanted to permanently relocate to Kenya with his household and adjacent extended his visa, according to the Nation.

In her interrogation to The Nation, Mr Sharif’s wife, Javeria Siddique, said she had asked her hubby to permission Kenya and question governmental asylum successful different state arsenic she didn’t judge it was safe. She besides said her household was readying to instrumentality the lawsuit to the International Court of Justice arsenic the governments of Pakistan and Kenya would “never supply them justice”.

On Tuesday, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah had said that Mr Sharif was killed successful a targeted attack, rejecting the assertion of Kenyan constabulary that his sidesplitting was a effect of “mistaken identity”.

Also connected Wednesday, respective TV channels claimed that Mr Sharif was brutally tortured and changeable astatine adjacent scope aft helium was asked to measurement retired of his car.

News broadcasts showed images that allegedly showed slug marks and signs of torture connected the body, claiming that the postmortem mentioned signs of torture. Responding to the claims, PTI person Fawad Chaudhry said the government’s stance had been proved wrong.

“The [alleged] signs of torture connected Arshad Sharif shaheed invalidate Pakistan government’s stance that helium was killed owed to mistaken identity,” helium tweeted.

Published successful Dawn, November 10th, 2022