# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arshad-sharif
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:47:57.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arshad-sharif"
name: "Arshad Sharif"
slug: "arshad-sharif"
description: "Arshad Sharif was a Pakistani journalist, writer, and news anchor. He specialized in investigative journalism and covered many political events in the country for national and international news organisations. On 23 March 2019, he was awarded the Pride of Performance by the President of Pakistan Arif Alvi, for his contribution to journalism. He was shot and killed by police in Kenya on 22 October 2022. A 592-page report by the Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) revealed the killing to be a “planned targeted assassination,\" claiming that Kenyan police were \"used as instruments.\" He was an outspoken critic of the Pakistani army."
tagline: "Pakistani journalist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4f/Arshad_Sharif_on_TV.jpg/330px-Arshad_Sharif_on_TV.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1973-02-22"
deathDate: "2022-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.36
  momentum:             3.172131147540983
  historical:           5.791185333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/arsched"
    handle:    "arsched"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sawan_mera/"
    handle:    "sawan_mera"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/arsched"
    handle:    "arsched"
sources:
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    title: "阿萨德·沙里夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "ارشاد شاريف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arshad_Sharif"
    title: "Arshad Sharif"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81"
    title: "ارشد شریف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "ارشد شريف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arshad_Sharif"
    title: "Arshad Sharif"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81"
    title: "ارشد شریف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4796514"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump