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Pakistan court awards death sentence to 6 in Priyantha Kumara lynching
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): A Pakistani court on Monday awarded the death sentence to six and handed life imprisonment to seven as it announced its verdict in Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara's lynching case that had sparked nationwide outrage.
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Pakistan's anti-terrorism court indicts 89 accused in Sialkot lynching cas
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 13 (ANI): Pakistani's anti-terrorism court on Saturday indicted 89 individuals involved in the lynching of a Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara Diyawadanage in Sialkot over blasphemy allegations last year.
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Pakistan worries about failure to satisfy EU's compliance of GSP+ criteria
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 4 (ANI): Pakistan is worried about the European Union's (EU) Generalized Schemes of Preference Plus GSP+ status review proposed to take place this month in Islamabad.
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Pakistan: Sialkot incident symptom of underlying cancer, says expert
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 17 (ANI): The Sialkot incident, where the Islamist mob accused a Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana of blasphemy and then burnt his dead body, shows that what happened in Sialkot is a symptom of underlying cancer which has metastasised to di
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Pakistan incapable of reforming, stepping back from Islamist path, says ex
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): The Sialkot incident, where the Islamist mob accused a Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana of blasphemy and then burnt his dead body, shows that Pakistan is incapable of reforming and stepping back from the Islamist path it embarked
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Lynching of Sri Lankan national points to rise of religion-based hatred vi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 14 (ANI): The lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in Pakistan over blasphemy allegations by a hardline mob has signalled the rise of religion-based hatred violence in the country, according to a report.
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Pak police claims to arrest 18 more main suspects in Sialkot lynching case
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 13 (ANI): Pakistan police on Monday claimed to have arrested 18 more main suspects involved in the lynching of a Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot, local media reported.
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Pakistan to conduct Sri Lankan man's lynching trial in jail
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Pakistan's provincial Punjab government and prosecution have decided to conduct the case trial of the suspects arrested in the brutal lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in jail, reported local media.
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Colombo asks Imran Khan govt to expedite compensation to kin of slain Sri
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 10 (ANI): Sri Lanka Foreign Minister G L Peiris had a meeting with the Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan in Colombo Tanvir Ahmad on Thursday to discuss the matters relating to financial security and compensation of the family of late Priyantha Kumara who was
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Pak blasphemy laws embolden mobs to carry out vigilante justice: Journalis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): The brutal murder of a Sri Lankan national in Pakistan's Punjab has drawn condemnation from all around the world and has highlighted the rise of the misuse of the blasphemy law to carry out vigilante justice in Pakistan.
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Sialkot lynching incident reveals extremism in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] December 6 (ANI): The recent killing of Sri Lankan national in Sialkot has revealed the extremism that exists in Pakistan.
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Lankan factory manager's lynching: Remains sent to Colombo
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 6 (ANI): The remains of Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana - a Sri Lankan factory manager who was lynched in Pakistan last week -- were sent off to Colombo on Monday, reported local media.
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