Arshad murder case: JIT questions PIMS postmortem team for one hour

Special Joint Investigation Team (SJIT) probing the assassination case of senior journalist martyred Arshad Sharif held its fifth huddle on Thursday.

The SJIT also met Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) medical team, which conducted the postmortem of Arshad Sharif, and took a briefing regarding the autopsy from the team.

The SJIT also recorded the statements of the team and took the pictures taken at the time of the postmortem.

The SJIT questioned the PIMS team for about one hour and the PIMS director also joined the investigation.

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Moreover, the SJIT has also written a letter to the Fact Finding Committee and asked it to hand over the belongings of martyred Arshad Sharif received from Kenya.

Meanwhile, the Kenyan authorities have assured the Pakistani team investigating journalist Arshad Sharif’s assassination of cooperation. The assurance has been held out after the investigation team received the visas of Kenya, sources said, adding that the team led by DIG O.S Ahmed would travel to Nairobi on Dec 17 (Saturday).

The investigation team, they said, was in communication with the Kenyan officials with the help of Pakistan mission in that country. The official probe team would try to get fresh evidence from the Nairobi police chief to reach conclusion.

Sources said that the investigation team recorded statements of four persons while information was taken from PTI leader Murad Saeed regarding the threats received by the slain journalist.

A day earlier, it was reported that the JIT sought Kenyan visas for the probe into the murder of the senior journalist. The team contacted Foreign Office and requested to fix meetings with the Kenyan officials. Following the request, the FO informed the Pakistani Embassy in Kenya of the arrangements.

The team is expected to fly to Kenya in the next few days, where it will record the statements of the policemen involved in firing over Arshad Sharif and Khurram and Waqar, the sources said. The team will also visit the crime scene.