<p>Islamabad, Oct 25 (PTI): Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that the death of journalist Arshad Sharif, who was shot dead in Kenya by the local police on Sunday night, was a targeted attack and that he had advised him to leave the country in view of the threats to his life, a media report has said.</p><p>Sharif was shot dead in Kenya by the local police on Sunday night, with an official police statement later expressing “regrets on the unfortunate incident”.</p><p>Addressing a lawyer’s convention in Peshawar, Khan, 70, said that he knew that the life of journalist Sharif was under threat, The Express Tribune reported.</p><p>“He [Arshad Sharif] knew that his life was in danger. He was repeatedly receiving threats but he refused to give in... no matter what people call it but I know that this was a target killing,” khan said.</p><p>Calling Sharif a “martyr,” the former prime minister said that the “fearless and patriot” journalist remained unfazed in face of death threats and refused to compromise on his stance.</p><p>Khan claimed that he had advised the journalist to leave the country after he received information about his assassination plot.</p><p>He said the slain journalist exposed the “corruption scandals” of the Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari families with evidence on his popular TV talk-show “but no one could dare to buy or scare him”. PTI SH RUP RUP</p><p><i>(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)</i></p>
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