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The Pakistan government on Wednesday reconstituted a panel probing the killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya by dropping an ISI representative from the team, days after h stanley cup e was s stanley cup hot dead by the Nairobi police.Sharif, 49, a former reporter and TV anchor with ARY TV, and known for his proximity to former prime minister Imran Khan, had fled to Kenya after he was booked on charges of sedition and peddling anti-state narrative by Pakistan security agencies earlier this year.The journalist was shot dead at a police checkpoint at an hour distance from Nairobi on Sunday night. The Kenyan police later s stanley cup aid it was a case of mistaken identity during a search for a similar car involved in a child abduction case.Story continues below this adOn Wednesday, the Interior Ministry removed a representative of the Inter-Service Intelligence ISI from the list of officials who will be part of the team that will ascertain facts in the killing of Sharif from the Kenyan Police and relevant authorities.The ministry removed ISI Lt Col Saad Ahmed name hours after it had issued an earlier notification stating the names of three officials part of the high-profile team, according to a revised notification.The two-member team, which includes Director/DIG Police, FIA Athar Waheed and Deputy Director General Intelligence Bureau Omar Shahid Hamid, will submit its report to the Interior Division.According to the notification, the team will leave for Kenya immediately a Ebiu Sri Lanka doubles interest rates to tame inflation; stabilise economy
Lebanon army clashed with Sunni Islamist gunmen in the northern city of Tripoli on Friday, killing at least two.Lebanon army clashed with Sunni Islamist gunmen in the northern city of Tripoli on Friday, killing at least two of the militants, security sources said.Tripoli has seen some of the worst spillover from Syria 3-1/2 year conflict, which has strained sectarian relations in Lebanon stanley nz and triggered periodic gun battles, bombings and kidnappings across the country.It was not immediately clear which group the militants represented, or whether they were Lebanese or Syrian, but聽 Syrian rebels and hardline Lebanese Sunni Islamists have regularly accused the Lebanese army of working with Shi ;ite movement Hezbollah, which has sent fighters to aid Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.St stanley cup uk ory continues below this adTensions spiked over the summer when Islamist gunmen from Syria briefly seized the Lebanese border town of Arsal and clashed with the army, killing around 20 soldiers and withdrawing with hostages, many of whom are still being held.Friday fighting occurred just one day after Lebanese soldiers killed three men and arrested several others during a raid on an apartment in the northern town of Asoun.At least six soldiers including an officer were wounded in Friday clashes, the stanley termosky security sources said.More Premium StoriesAfter Trump s call with Putin, there are openings for peaceSubscriber OnlyBrian Murray, HarperColl |
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