Pakistan bringing home body of journalist killed in Kenya — in pictures


  • Pakistan's High Commissioner to Kenya Saqlain Syedah leaves a mortuary containing the body of veteran journalist Arshad Sharif. The Pakistani news anchor was shot dead when police opened fire on a vehicle he was in as it went through a roadblock without stopping, on the outskirts of Nairobi. Reuters
    Pakistan's High Commissioner to Kenya Saqlain Syedah leaves a mortuary containing the body of veteran journalist Arshad Sharif. The Pakistani news anchor was shot dead when police opened fire on a vehicle he was in as it went through a roadblock without stopping, on the outskirts of Nairobi. Reuters
  • A forensic officer at the mortuary. Kenyan authorities said they were responding to reports of a stolen vehicle when they opened fire. Reuters
    A forensic officer at the mortuary. Kenyan authorities said they were responding to reports of a stolen vehicle when they opened fire. Reuters
  • Pakistani embassy officials talk to a police officer at the mortuary. The South Asian nation is making arrangements to repatriate Sharif's body. Reuters
    Pakistani embassy officials talk to a police officer at the mortuary. The South Asian nation is making arrangements to repatriate Sharif's body. Reuters
  • Journalists hold a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, following the death of Sharif in Kenya. Sharif, who was a staunch critic of the all-powerful military establishment, fled the native country to avoid arrest over sedition charges. EPA
    Journalists hold a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, following the death of Sharif in Kenya. Sharif, who was a staunch critic of the all-powerful military establishment, fled the native country to avoid arrest over sedition charges. EPA
  • Ms Syedah talks on her mobile phone outside the mortuary. Reuters
    Ms Syedah talks on her mobile phone outside the mortuary. Reuters
  • Sharif speaks during an event 'Regime Change Conspiracy and Pakistan’s Destabilisation' in Islamabad, in June 2022. AFP
    Sharif speaks during an event 'Regime Change Conspiracy and Pakistan’s Destabilisation' in Islamabad, in June 2022. AFP