Pakistani Journalist Arshad Sharif K’s wife Jawaria Arshad was killed by the police in Kenya The police The High Court has ordered the concerned departments to initiate a criminal case once morest the two police officers involved.
Jawaria Sharif’s lawyer Oichal told Independent Urdu that it was a civil case once morest the government for failure to investigate or prosecute. The court also held that the DPP and the IPOA violated the rights of the victim by failing to prosecute the two police officers for the confessional firing.
‘The Independent Police and Investigation Authority and the Director of Public Prosecutions have been ordered to complete the investigation and charge both. Apart from this, the court also ordered the petitioner to pay ten million local currency with interest until full payment.
‘However his wife did not request any payment.’
Lawyer Oichal added that ‘the High Court has declared that the Kenyan government treated Arshad Sharif cruelly and humiliatingly and violated his human rights.’
Arshad was killed by two GSU police officers on 23 October 2022 on Magdi Road. ‘The court has reiterated that the use of extreme force is an extreme measure and should only be used as a last resort when another person’s life is in danger.’
While writing its order, the court further said that the Constitution gives every person the right to information and it is a fundamental right of the petitioner. The details of the investigation so far following the murder have not been provided to the petitioner.
We won the case: Wife
Jawaria Arshad, the wife of the deceased Arshad Sharif, while reacting to the court decision, said that they have won. “The High Court of Kenya has accepted all our demands. For me to win this case is like a dream. I have hardly suffered so much in my life. Husband passing away, being killed like this, never pressured Kenya on Arshad’s case.’
He said that the real killers yesterday are those who named Arshad in sixteen cases in Pakistan.
He said that the court has declared the killing of Arshad Sharif as a violation of human rights. While it was also stated that the petitioner was not provided complete information by the Government of Kenya. The petitioner filed the petition because he was not provided any information regarding the accused involved following the firing incident. The court is aware that even during this trial no satisfactory responses were submitted by the Kenyan police.’
Arshad Sharif’s wife Jawaria Siddique said in a short video message on her YouTube channel on Monday that the Kenyan court has ruled in her favor and Arshad Sharif has got justice there, but he is still in Pakistan. Justice is yet to be served.
The High Court of Kenya reserved the decision on May 8 this year. At the last hearing of this case, the lawyers had completed their arguments.
Petitioner Jawaria Siddique while talking to Independent Urdu said that she was satisfied with the arguments of the lawyer Avichal and was hopeful that the decision would be in her favor.
In the application filed in October last year, the preliminary hearing was held in the High Court of Kenya in December, in which the judge rejected the objections to the application by the police and other accused and issued notices to the parties to give detailed answers. .
This year, the second hearing was held on April 30 and the third on May 8. A total of three hearings have been held in this case.
Firing at Arshad’s car criminal act of police: Position in petition
In this case, five accused were nominated for attempted murder. Arshad Sharif was not present in the vehicle which the police was chasing and all this information is on record, the lawyer of the petitioner argued in the court. Therefore, shooting at Arshad Sharif’s car is a criminal act of the police.
Arshad Sharif’s wife filed an application once morest the Kenyan police.
Pakistani anchor and journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in Kenya on October 23, 2022, following which the police there admitted that ‘Arshad Sharif’s car was hit by police bullets due to mistaken identity.’
According to officials, the policemen involved were detained but later reinstated.
After which Arshad Sharif’s wife Jawaria Siddique filed a petition once morest the police officers involved in the Kenyan court.
When was the application filed?
The application was filed in the High Court of Nairobi, Kenya on October 19 last year. Arshad Sharif’s wife, Jawaria Siddique, while talking to Independent Urdu, said that ‘the petition was filed in the High Court of Kenya.’
According to him: ‘The petition to be filed made the GSU Journal Service Unit a party besides five policemen who were named in the murder case.’
He further informed that ‘Attorney General of Kenya, Director of Public Prosecution, IG National Police Service, Independent Police, National Police Service Commission have been made parties.’
Jawaria told Independent Urdu that he himself is the petitioner. They are joined by the Kenya Union of Journalists, Kenya Correspondence Association.
Apart from this, four international organizations, ICFJ, IWMF, Media Defense and Women Journalism are also included which will provide all kinds of support.
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He said that ‘to pursue the case, the Supreme Court of Kenya has hired a lawyer, Avichel Davidley, who has been practicing law for 11 years.’
Who was Arshad Sharif and when was he killed?
Arshad Sharif was a renowned Pakistani journalist and anchor. He left Pakistan in August 2022 following several cases were registered once morest him, initially staying in the United Arab Emirates for some time, following which he moved to Kenya.
He was assassinated in Kenya in October. Initially, the Kenyan media quoted the local police as saying that Arshad Sharif was shot dead by the police on mistaken identity.
Later, Kenyan media reports reporting on the events surrounding the assassination stated that when Arshad Sharif was killed, a man in his car opened fire on officers of the Paramilitary General Service Unit.
The Kenyan police also held a press conference following the conflicting statement came out.
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2024-07-08 21:08:59
