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Arshad Sharif
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| ارشد شریف | |
Sharif in 2013
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| Born | 22 February 1973 |
| Died | 23 October 2022 (aged 49) Kajiado, Kenya
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| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
| Resting place | H-11 graveyard |
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| Occupation | News anchor Analyst |
| Employer | ARY Digital Network |
| Known for | Power Play TV Show ARY News News Reporter at Dawn News TV Show Kyun? (Why?) at Dunya News |
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Notable credit(s)
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Anchor ARY News Bureau Chief ARY News (Islamabad) News anchor Dunya TV Former Director News, Aaj News Former Director News, Dunya TV |
| Television | ARY News, Dunya News , Dawn News |
| Spouse(s) | Javeria Siddique |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Muhammad Sharif (father) |
| Relatives | Ashraf Sharif (brother) |
| Awards |  Pride of PerformanceAgahi Award Asian Investigative Media Award War Correspondent Award |
Arshad Sharif PP (Urdu: ارشد شریف; 22 February 1973 – 23 October 2022) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, and television news anchor. He specialised in investigative journalism and covered many political events in the country for national and international news organisations, including the United Kingdom. On 23 March 2019, he was awarded the Pride of Performance by the President of Pakistan Arif Alvi, for his contributions to journalism. He was shot and killed by police in Kenya on 23 October 2022.
Sharif was the host of the program Power Play on ARY News. He served on AAJ News as News Director. Prior to joining AAJ, he was leading the news team of Dunya News as Director of News and was the host of the program Kyun.
Early life
Arshad Sharif was born in Karachi, Pakistan, to a Commander of the Pakistan Navy, Muhammad Sharif TI(M) TK. He began his journalistic career as a freelancer in 1993, while he was still a student. He received his Master of Science in Public Administration from Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad.
Journalistic career
Sharif's first media job was with a weekly publication, Pulse, for which he was a columnist, reporter, and managing editor in 1999. He joined The News in 1999 and Daily Dawn in 2001.
Sharif covered conflicts in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with a specialization in defence and foreign affairs. He reported for leading Pakistani news organizations from London, Paris, Strasbourg, and Kiel. He was the winner of a 2012 Agahi Award. Sharif as anchor and Adeel Raja as producer won the 2016 Investigative Journalist of the Year Award for the programme Powerplay. In 2018, Sharif was awarded Agahi's Peoples’ Choice Awards: Favourite Current Affairs Anchor – Male.
He started his programme Power Play on ARY News in 2014.
Sharif also headed AAJ News and Dunya TV as 'Director News'. He worked as a Bureau Chief for Dawn News in 2011.
In August 2022 Sharif fled Pakistan to avoid arrest after a number of accusations, including sedition charges over an interview with PTI leader Shahbaz Gill during which the latter had made controversial comments. Alleging threats to his life, Sharif moved to Dubai and later to Kenya.
Death
Sharif was shot and killed in Kajiado, Kenya, by local police on 23 October 2022. The Kenyan police described the shooting as a case of "mistaken identity", and there was speculation on social media that he had been assassinated. On 24 October, the Kenyan Independent Police Oversight Authority announced an investigation into Sharif's death.
Reaction
News of Sharif's killing was met with shock in Pakistan and abroad. The President of Pakistan Arif Alvi described Sharif's death as "a great loss to journalism and Pakistan". The Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif described the killing as "shocking news".
A significant number of people attended Arshad Sharif's funeral prayers. Close friends and colleagues arrived at Sharif's home to express their condolences, including Imran Khan and Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad.
Awards and recognition
- Pride of Performance Award in 2019 by the President of Pakistan
- Agahi Award for Journalism in 2012
See also
- List of Pakistani journalists
- List of Pakistani writers
