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Pak police claims to arrest 18 more main suspects in Sialkot lynching case
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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Sialkot lynching: Killing over 'unsubstantiated blasphemy claims' not perm
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Muslim scholars in Pakistan speaking about the Sialkot lynching said the killing of any person over "unsubstantiated blasphemy accusations" is not permissible.
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Colombo asks Imran Khan govt to expedite compensation to kin of slain Sri
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami condemns lynching of Sri Lankan national in Sial
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 9 (ANI): Pakistan's Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami has condemned the lynching of a Sri Lankan man in Sialkot, The News International reported on Thursday.
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Pak blasphemy laws embolden mobs to carry out vigilante justice: Journalis
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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8 accused arrested in connection with Sri Lankan's mob lynching in Pakista
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] December 8 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab police on Wednesday arrested eight more accused for their primary role in the lynching of a Sri Lankan man in Sialkot, local media reported.
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Pak Defence Minister backtracks on Sialkot lynching remarks after severe b
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 8 (ANI): Pakistan Defence Minister Pervez Khattak has issued a clarification over his remarks on the Sialkot lynching after facing severe backlash for downplaying the incident.
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2 Pak pilots killed in helicopter crash in Pak-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ghanche [PoK], December 6 (ANI): Two Pakistani pilots were killed after an Army aviation helicopter crashed at Siachen in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan's Ghanche district.
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Sialkot lynching incident reveals extremism in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 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, 3 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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Pak Church leaders condemn lynching of Sri Lankan national, demand justice
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): The Pakistani church leadership has condemned the killing and burning of the body of a Sri Lankan Christian by a Sialkot mob on Saturday.
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Pak human rights body seeks speedy justice in Sialkot lynching
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): The National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) has demanded a speedy and impartial probe into the lynching of Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana in Sialkot.
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