The journalist community in Pakistan is in great grief following the death of famous TV show host Arshad Sharif in Kenya.
Arshad’s wife Javeria Siddique, who is also a journalist, shared a tweet, confirming his husband’s death in Nairobi city after reportedly being shot. “I lost friend, husband and my favourite journalist Arshad today, as per police he was shot in Kenya."
Lately, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said Pakistan’s High Commission in an East African country has approached authorities to get information.
As the news shocked Pakistanis, law enforcers in Kenya have opened an investigation into the gun attack that killed Sharif, reports said.
The former reporter and TV anchor of ARY TV, who had moved to the African nation after finding it hostile in Pakistan after the ouster of Imran Khan from the government, was reportedly shot dead there. Earlier, TV host Mehar Bokhari, whose husband Kashif Abbasi worked for the same TV channel along with other journalists, confirmed their former colleague “is no more”.
Arshad Sharif life story
Born in the port city of Karachi, Arshad started his journalistic career around 3 decades back before the completion of his studies.
Sharif got his master's from QUA and a second degree from the UK with distinction as a Chevening scholar, and has worked with top international organisations.
The 49-year-old award-winning journalist was recently featured in the trailer for a documentary titled “Behind Closed Doors”.
The defiant journalist was booked along with some of his former colleagues in wake of controversial remarks about institutions.
His former colleagues stayed in Pakistan but Arshad left the country. Later, his channel cleared the air on the issue and confirmed that Arshad left the media house, he worked for years.
