Canada Global (Web News) On August 19, a representative of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government paid a visit to the deceased journalist Arshad Sharif at the Millennium Hotel in Dubai.
In official documents created by Pakistani investigators compiling information regarding Sharif’s murder, Salim Abdullah’s identity can be found.
One UAE official, Salim Abdullah, is said to have met with Sharif on August 19 (between 2 and 4 p.m. UAE time), according to the two-person team, which includes FIA Director Athar Wahid and IB Deputy Director General Omar Shahid Hamid.
In conjunction with the Dubai police, the Pakistani detectives have sent a letter to the Pakistan Consulate General in Dubai requesting assistance in identifying Salim Abdullah.
Using an invitation letter that Waqar Ahmad, whose brother Khurram Ahmad was driving him when he was killed, had sent to him, Sharif arrived in Kenya on August 20. Waqar claimed to the police that Tariq Wasi asked him to invite and host Sharif.
The Pakistani fact-finding team has sent the Dubai authorities a second letter in an effort to reveal information that has thus far evaded them despite two demands.
The fact-finding team has requested a broad list of items to help in the investigation: a duplicate of Sharif’s passport, visa, and any pertinent travel documents; An explanation of whether Sharif’s visa was cancelled and, if so, why, Call Detail Record (CDR) of Sharif’s Dubai number he used during his stay, any data of arrivals and departures of Pakistani passport holders from August 10- 20, any CCTV footage of the premises, a mapping of Sharif’s movement during his stay in Dubai, information about any people he met while there, and information about his residences.
The Pakistani team has written to the Dubai Consulate General requesting assistance in working with UAE authorities to obtain the call detail records (CDR) for Tariq Wasi and Salman Iqbal’s Dubai numbers. They both have said they had nothing to do with the murder.
The fact-finding team has requested the Consul General to work with Dubai police to provide information in a letter to the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, claiming that it visited Dubai on November 14 for a few days to investigate.
“However, the necessary data/record has not yet been offered. As the Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered the submission of the report, it is thus requested that the relevant authorities in the UAE be contacted for the provision of necessary data to conclude the fact-finding proceedings.
The team has also admitted that it attempted to speak with Arsalan Satti, who works in the visa office of the Consulate General, but the official did not show up. Satti has now been requested to appear before the team on November 28 for questioning by Pakistani investigators.
Additionally, in order to serve notices on those who had filed complaints against Sharif and others, the fact-finding team wrote to the police chiefs in Islamabad, Sindh, and Balochistan.
