Nairobi, May 9 -- The wife of Arshad Sharif, a Pakistan journalist who was shot dead in October 2022 in Kenya, now wants a declaration made that the act by police officers to kill him was unlawful and unconstitutional.

In a petition filed at the High Court in Kajiado County, Javeria Siddique, the Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) and the Kenya Correspondents Association also want a declaration issued that the unlawful shooting of the journalist violated his right to life.

Sharif, a strident critic of Pakistan's powerful military, was shot dead on October 23, 2022, and the National Police Service (NPS) said he was killed during a shootout with officers attached to the General Service Unit (GSU).

Sharif was a passenger in a Toyota Landcru...