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Arshad Sharif Killer!!: Imran Khan? Aug 2, 2022 – Foreign funding verdict covered on TV. Pakistan’s Election Commission announced the PTI foreign-funding verdict on Aug 2. Arshad Sharif’s Power Play aired that night, featuring segments on the case (programme dated August 2, 2022). Episodes on Aug 8–9, 2022, also aired in that same news cycle. ~Aug 5, 2022 – KP CTD “threat alert.” Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Counter-Terrorism Department issued a threat advisory naming Arshad Sharif in early August; the military’s media wing referenced the Aug 5 alert at its Oct 27 press conference. Aug 10, 2022 – Flew from Peshawar to Dubai (EK-637). He departed Peshawar for Dubai on Emirates EK-637, escorted by “protocol” officials from KP, as per the ISPR briefing reported on October 28. A travel chronology reproduced from the investigators also lists EK-637 on 10-08-2022. Late Aug 2022 – Left UAE for Kenya (arrival around Aug 20 per RSF; “later in Aug” per CPJ). Public accounts differ on the exact travel day, but consistent sources indicate that he moved from the UAE to Kenya later in August 2022. Reporters Without Borders states that he “arrived in Kenya ten days later” (approximately August 20). Oct 23, 2022 – Killed near Nairobi, Kenya. Shot at a roadblock outside Nairobi on the night of Oct 23, 2022; Kenyan police initially called it “mistaken identity.” Pakistan’s federal fact-finding report later termed it a “planned/targeted” killing; in July 2024, a Kenyan court ruled the killing unlawful and ordered compensation. Context on his ARY tenure: ARY was briefly taken off the air in August; ARY later announced on August 31, 2022, that it was parting ways with Sharif. #ArshadSharifKiller Imran Khan: relationships & positions (2018–2022) With TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan) Open to talks (late 2021): Khan publicly confirmed negotiations with the TTP after the Taliban takeover in Kabul, with the Afghan Taliban acting as mediators. A one-month ceasefire was announced in November 2021, but the TTP ended it on December 10, 2021. Renewed truce (May 2022): A May 2022 ceasefire extension was reported during jirga-style talks hosted in Afghanistan; the truce later collapsed. Analyses at the time noted limited progress and significant risks. Bottom line: Khan’s government pursued negotiations and temporary ceasefires with the TTP via Afghan-mediated channels; no durable settlement emerged, and violence later escalated. With ISI leadership (DG ISI) Close alignment with Lt Gen Faiz Hameed (2018–2021): Widely seen as influential during early PTI rule. Public standoff over new DG ISI (Oct 2021): After the army announced Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum as DG ISI on October 6, 2021, the civilian notification was delayed for nearly three weeks, signaling a rare civil-military rift. The appointment was finally notified on October 26, effective November 20, 2021. Bottom line: Relations with the intelligence leadership grew tense in late 2021 over the succession from Faiz Hameed to Nadeem Anjum. With COAS Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa Initially cooperative, but later strained: Khan came to power in 2018 with perceived military backing; by early 2022, relations had deteriorated amid policy differences and a political crisis. No-confidence vote (Apr 9–10, 2022): Khan lost office after a no-confidence vote; reporting framed the outcome within a broader civil-military rift and loss of parliamentary allies. Bottom line: Khan and Bajwa’s relationship shifted from alignment to open friction by late 2021 or early 2022, culminating in Khan’s ouster in April 2022. #JusticeForArshadSharif