A committee chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge will investigate the allegations raised by a British documentary in connection with the 2019 Easter Attacks, Colombo Gazette reported on Sunday citing Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The Sri Lankan Parliament discussed the newly surfaced allegations about the 2019 Easter attacks, and the ruling government said that it will back an international investigation into the claims.
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Islamic scholar Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, who was arrested in September 2021 for allegedly running a religious conversion syndicate, to attend the funeral of his brother today at a village in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.
Meanwhile, no name has been finalized yet for the appointment of the caretaker chief minister. According to sources, the first round of talks between JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and BNP-M chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal was held in Islamabad on Friday.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday said politicians and state institutions should sit together and foil the nefarious designs of terrorists, Dawn reported.
According to police, prayer leader Maulana Fazalur Rehman was shot dead and his associate was injured in a gun attack on the Tajori Road near Malang Adda.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) supremo urged his party workers to stay peaceful and immediately reach the hospital to donate blood for the injured people. He demanded that the federal and provincial governments provide medical facilities to injured people.
At least 35 people were killed in a suicide bombing that took place on Sunday at a workers' convention in Bajaur's Khar, including the local chairman of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F)
Ahead of the general elections, Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam Fazl (JUI-F) is likely to form an electoral alliance with Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) to contest elections against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Sindh, reported ARY News citing sources.