Chaos descended upon the Gaddafi Stadium, which was internet hosting a PSL cricket match, after a gaggle of journalists had been denied entry to the venue by police officers for carrying masks in solidarity with the slain journalist Arshad Sharif. Sharif, 49, a former reporter and TV anchor with ARY TV, was shot useless in Nairobi on October 23 final yr beneath mysterious circumstances, sending shockwaves throughout Pakistan. On Sunday, tv anchor Imran Riaz and his pals donning masks with the image of Sharif had been stopped by police from coming into the Gaddafi Stadium, the venue of a PSL-8 match, regardless of having tickets.

The scenario shortly escalated after Riaz and his pals started to chant slogans to point out their solidarity with Sharif.

Video clips confirmed police officers and the journalists engaged in heated arguments after the police surrounded them and requested them to give up their masks earlier than coming into the stadium.

Within the video, a police inspector was seen shouting to the journalists that carrying the masks exhibiting the ‘face’ of Sharif on the premises of the stadium was a transparent violation of the rules of the Pakistan Cricket Board.

Quickly, a scuffle broke out between the police officers and the journalists.

“By carrying Arshad Sharif’s masks, we wished to point out solidarity with him and his household and search justice for him,” Riaz was quoted as saying by the Daybreak newspaper.

In August final yr, Sharif was booked on expenses of sedition for interviewing former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s shut aide Shahbaz Gill.

Within the interview, Gill criticised the Shehbaz Sharif authorities for making an attempt to pitch Khan in opposition to the nation’s highly effective Military. Sharif subsequently fled the nation.

A month after he left Pakistan, ARY TV fired Sharif, saying he had repeatedly criticised the army on social media in violation of the corporate’s coverage.

In October final yr, he was shot useless in Nairobi, in what the Kenyan authorities declare was a case of “mistaken identification.” However in December final yr, Pakistan’s Supreme Courtroom ordered the federal authorities to represent a particular Joint Investigation Workforce (JIT) to probe the case after the preliminary investigation revealed the homicide was “premeditated.” Sharif was awarded the ‘Satisfaction of Efficiency’ in 2019 by Pakistan President Arif Alvi.

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