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.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 9 (ANI): A Pakistan court has acquitted a man after 11 years after it set aside life imprisonment awarded to him by a trial court on charges of blasphemy.
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.
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.
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.
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.