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 lifeless in Nairobi on October 23 final yr below mysterious circumstances, sending shockwaves throughout Pakistan. On Sunday, tv anchor Imran Riaz and his mates 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 state of affairs rapidly escalated after Riaz and his mates 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.

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

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

“By wearing Arshad Sharif’s masks, we wanted to show solidarity with him and his family and seek justice for him,” Riaz was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper.

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

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

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

In October final yr, he was shot lifeless in Nairobi, in what the Kenyan authorities declare was a case of “mistaken identity.” But in December final yr, Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the federal authorities to represent a particular Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the case after the preliminary investigation revealed the homicide was “premeditated.” Sharif was awarded the ‘Pride of Performance’ in 2019 by Pakistan President Arif Alvi.

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