ISLAMABAD: Federal Government excluded the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) official from the committee formed to investigate the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya, cutting the team’s size from three to two and leaving only Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) representatives on it.
Initially, the interior minister had formed a three-member team — comprising FIA director Athar Wahid, IB deputy director general Omar Shahid Hamid and Lt Col Saad Ahmed of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) — to probe the murder.
However, the Ministry of Interior’s notification issued stated that the IB and FIA officials. It did not offer an explanation for the ISI official’s exclusion.
“The team will travel to Kenya immediately,” the notification said, adding the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Pakistan’s High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya will facilitate the visit of the committee members.
It said the committee will present its report to the interior division.
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