FIA to quiz PTI's 2 ex-ministers in Arshad Sharif killing case.

ISLAMABAD -- The two-member team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) probing the 'mysterious' murder of renowned journalist Arshad Sharif has summoned two prominent politicians belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for questioning. The committee has summoned former federal minister for communications Murad Saeed and former federal minister for water resources Faisal Vawda to appear before it for November 21 (Monday) at the FIA headquarters, official sources said yesterday. In the last week of October, the federal government had constituted the team including FIA Director Athar Waheed, and IB Deputy Director General Omar Shahid Hamid to probe the killing of Sharif under mysterious circumstances by the police in Kenya. The Kenyan police called the incident a case of 'mistaken identity'. After the killing of anchorperson, Vawda had made some controversial claims about the incident, which were contrary to the...

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