• The probe body has written letters to the inspector generals of three provinces and Islamabad Police.
• The committee directed the IGs to ensure appearance of the plaintiffs before it.
• It is pertinent here to mention that five FIRs are registered against Arshad Sharif in Sindh, one in Islamabad and three in Balochistan.

ISLAMABAD: The inquiry committee of the Arshad Sharif killing case has summoned complainants of nine FIRs against veteran journalist and Bol News anchorperson.

The probe body has written letters to the inspector generals of three provinces and Islamabad Police. The committee directed the IGs to ensure appearance of the plaintiffs before it.

It is pertinent here to mention that five FIRs are registered against Arshad Sharif in Sindh, one in Islamabad and three in Balochistan.

Serious allegations of treason and revolt are mentioned in the FIRs.

On November 15, the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) had completed its post-mortem report which had revealed that Senior Bol News Anchorperson Arshad Sharif was shot from a distance of three feet, Bol News had reported.

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Arshad Sharif shot from three feet’s distance: PIMS report

The bullet which was shot from short distance left a black spot...

The PIMS post-mortem report had said the first bullet was hit from three feet’s distance in the neck. The bullet which was shot from short distance left a black spot on the body. The second bullet was hit on the head from three to six feet’s distance on his head.

The post-mortem report had said four of the injuries pointed towards resistance by Arshad Sharif. The injuries on hand and wrist were signs of resistance, it had added.

“Aggregately, the body has 12 injury marks. Five injuries were mentioned in the first post-mortem report,” the report had said, which did not mention of torture on the body or breaking of bones.

On November 12, PIMS hospital, Islamabad, had formed a seven-member committee to investigate leaking out of pictures of veteran journalist and Bol News Anchorperson Arshad Sharif’s dead body.