PM Imran Khan assures Sri Lankan president of justice in Sialkot lynching

ISLAMABAD, Dec 04 (SABAH): Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday to convey the nation’s “anger and shame” to the vigilante killing of Priyantha Diyawadana in Sialkot.

The Sri Lankan national was tortured to death in Sialkot district of Punjab on Friday. An angry mob of hundreds also set the body of foreign national on fire after lynching him over blasphemy allegations.

“Spoke to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today in UAE to convey our nation’s anger & shame to people of Sri Lanka at vigilante killing of Priyantha Diyawadana in Sialkot,” PM Imran Khan wrote on his official Twitter handle on Saturday.

PM Imran Khan said that he informed the Sri Lankan president that over a hundred people have been arrested so far in connection with the heinous murder, assuring him that they would be prosecuted with full severity of the law.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, taking to Twitter, has said that he also spoke to his Sri Lankan counterpart Gamini Lakshman Peiris and expressed deep grief and condolences over the tragic incident. “The Pakistan leadership will ensure all perpetrators will be brought to justice swiftly,” he added.