The flight carrying the body of senior journalist Arshad Sharif arrived in Islamabad in the early hours of Wednesday.
The journalist was shot and killed by Kenyan police Sunday, October 23. According to the country police, the killing was the result of ‘a mistaken identity.’
The authorities handed the body to the members of his family, who were present at the Islamabad airport.
The body will be kept at the mortuary of the Quaid-e-Azam International Hospital.
The funeral prayer will be offered at the Shah Faisal Mosque at 2 o’clock on Thursday. He will be laid to rest at the H-11 cemetery in the federal capital.
After waiting outside the closed gates for so long, the journalist’s family voiced their criticism of the government and said the community of journalists is a witness to the cruelty.
