Native name ارشد شریف Name Arshad Sharif Full Name Arshad Sharif Role Journalist | Occupation Journalist Parents Mohammad Sharif Religion Islam | |
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Title Died 23 October 2022 (aged 49) Kajiado, Kenya | ||
Power Play | Arshad Sharif | ARYNews | 6 May 2019
Arshad Sharif (Urdu: ارشد شریف 22 February 1973 – 23 October 2022) was a Pakistani journalist, writer and photographer. He specialized in investigative journalism, and covered many political events in the country for the national and international news correspondents, mainly for the United Kingdom. He received award for his journalistic work.
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- Power Play Arshad Sharif ARYNews 6 May 2019
- Power Play Arshad Sharif ARYNews 18 April 2019
- Early life
- Journalistic career
- Power Play
- Death
- References
Sharif was the host of the PowerPlay on ARY News. He served on AAJ News as News Director. Prior to joining Aaj, he was leading the news team of Dunya TV as Director News and the host of program Kyun.
Power Play | Arshad Sharif | ARYNews | 18 April 2019
Early life
Sharif was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He began his journalistic career as a freelancer in 1993 while he was still a student. He received his Master of Science in Public Administration from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. He also has a master's degree in Media Studies from UK with a distinction as a Chevening scholar.
He also headed AAJ News and Dunya TV as Director News. He worked as a Bureau Chief of Dawn News.
His first media job was with a weekly publication, Pulse, he served as a columnist, reporter and managing editor in 1999. Sharif joined The News in 1999 and Daily Dawn in 2001.
Journalistic career
Sharif covered conflicts in tribal areas with the specialisation in defence and foreign affairs. He reported for leading Pakistani news organisations from London, Paris, Strasbourg and Kiel. Sharif was the winner of a 2012 Agahi Award.
Power Play
Arshad Sharif started his program Power Play on ARYNews in 2014 and the program proved to be a roaring success. The program focused on giving viewers new information rather than having discussions. Following this program HEC Privatisation had to be reviewed by the government. Sharif brought to attention that the Motorway project was going to Saifur Rehman of Ahtesaab Commission fame. He publicized the document signed by Saifur Rehman and Chairman NHA in China under the cover of a Chinese investment company.
Sharif brought to attention one of the most controversial privatizations in the history of Pakistan, MCB. Sharif unearthed the long lost NAB report on MCB Privatisation that showed how Nawaz Sharif had handed the bank to Mian Mansha for small favours. Sharif also brought to attention the illegitimate purchase of St. James Hotel in London by Nishat Group.
PowerPlay is perhaps the only program in Pakistani news channels which started raising questions on foreign properties of The Sharif Family even before Panama Papers. Later, PowerPlay team sent questions to Prime Minister Media Cell regarding their off shore companies which remain unanswered to the date. Arshad Sharif via his program PowerPlay was the one who brought most of the documents and investigations related to the affidavit of Ishaq Dar, SECP Inquiry into PanamaLeaks, other off shore companies which were later admitted by the Sharif Family
Death
Sharif was shot and killed in Kajiado, Kenya, by local police on 23 October 2022. The Kenyan police described the shooting as a case of "mistaken identity", and there was speculation on social media that he had been assassinated. On 24 October, the Kenyan Independent Police Oversight Authority announced an investigation into Sharif's death.