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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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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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Sri Lankan national killed in Pakistan was tortured to an extreme degree,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): A Sri Lankan factory manager, who was killed by a mob in Pakistan over alleged blasphemy, was tortured to an extreme degree and his skull and other bones of the body also had severe damage, the post-mortem report revealed, reported local media.
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Rights group condemns brutal murder of Sri Lankan in Pakistan's Sialkot
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 5 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has condemned the horrific incident in Pakistan's Sialkot where a man from Sri Lanka was beaten and burnt alive on December 3 by a mob alleging a blasphemous act.
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124 arrested so far in connection with mob lynching of Sri Lankan executiv
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): As many as 124 people have been arrested so far in Sialkot after a mob of factory workers and others lynched a Sri Lankan export manager of a factory and burnt his body.
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