Chaos broke out on the Gaddafi Stadium, which is internet hosting a PSL cricket match, after law enforcement officials refused entry to the venue to a gaggle of journalists to indicate solidarity with slain journalist Arshad Sharif.
Sharif, 49, a former reporter and TV anchor of ARY TV, was shot lifeless in Nairobi beneath mysterious circumstances on October 23 final 12 months, sending shockwaves throughout Pakistan.
On Sunday, tv anchor Imran Riaz and his mates sporting masks with photos of Sharif have been stopped by police from getting into the Gaddafi Stadium, the place the PSL-8 match came about, regardless of having tickets.
The scenario shortly deteriorated after Riaz and his mates raised slogans to indicate their solidarity with Sharif.
Video clips present law enforcement officials and journalists having a heated argument after being surrounded by police and requested to give up their masks earlier than getting into the stadium.
In the video, a police inspector is seen shouting at reporters that sporting a masks exhibiting Sharif’s face within the stadium premises is a transparent violation of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s guidelines.
Soon, a scuffle broke out between the law enforcement officials and the journalists.
“By wearing Arshad Sharif’s mask, we wanted to show solidarity with him and his family and seek justice for him,” Dawn newspaper quoted Riaz as saying.
In August final 12 months, Sharif was booked for sedition for interviewing Shehbaz Gill, a detailed aide of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan.
In the interview, Gill criticized the Shehbaz Sharif authorities for attempting to pit Khan towards the nation’s highly effective army. Sharif later fled the nation.
A month after he left Pakistan, ARY TV fired Sharif, saying that he had repeatedly criticized the military on social media, in violation of firm coverage.
In October final 12 months, he was shot lifeless in Nairobi in what Kenyan authorities declare was a case of “mistaken identity”. But in December final 12 months, Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the federal authorities to arrange a particular Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the case after a preliminary probe discovered the killing was “premeditated”. Sharif was awarded the ‘Pride of Performance’ in 2019 by the President of Pakistan, Arif Alvi.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
