Outspoken Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in Kenya

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A leading Pakistani investigative journalist critical of the country's powerful military has been killed in Kenya nearly two months after leaving Pakistan. Today I lost my friend, my husband and my favorite journalist, according to the police, they shot him in Kenya, "Javeria Siddique tweeted about the death of her husband Arshad Sharif on Sunday evening. 

The 49-year-old journalist fled the country in August to avoid arrest after being slapped with multiple cases, including sedition charges for an interview.with Shahbaz Gill – a close associate of former Prime Minister Imran Khan – during which Gill made comments deemed offensive to the military.

The alleged harassment by state institutions and death threats  moved to Dubai in August and then to Kenya.

The ARY channel  Sharif has worked for for eight years was briefly suspended in August for airing "false, hateful and seditious" content.The channel announced in late August that it would part ways with the journalist, who was one of its main prime-time news anchors.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has expressed "sadness" over the death of  Arshad Sharif, adding the statement said  they were in contact with Kenyan officials about the matter.

The ministry confirmed that Pakistan's envoy to Kenya, along with embassy officials, identified the body in at Chiromo Funeral House in Nairobi and are now awaiting further proceedings and a police report.

"The High Commissioner will facilitate the speedy repatriation of  Mr.Sharif in coordination with  host authorities,” the statement read.

Kenyan media  quoted local police officials as saying the shooting was a case of "misidentification".

Confirming the incident, Bruno Shioso, a spokesperson for the Kenya National Police Service, told Al Jazeera that local authorities are currently investigating the murder.

Investigative Question After news of Sharif's death surfaced on social media on Monday, condolences came from all sides. Pakistani President Arif Alvi, who awarded Sharif one of Pakistan's highest civilian honors in 2019, he tweeted his condolences and said his death was a great loss for journalism and Pakistan.

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