Sri Lanka’s Parliament condemns Lankan national’s lynching in Pakistan
The Hindu
The Sri Lankan government and the Opposition were united in urging the Sri Lankan authorities to have talks with Islamabad to ensure the safety of the rest of the Sri Lankan workers in Pakistan.
Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Saturday condemned thein Pakistan and urged the authorities there to ensure the safety of the rest of the Sri Lankan expat workers in the country.
In a grisly incident on Friday, Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, who was in his 40s, was lynched and his body burnt by angry supporters of a hardline Islamist party which attacked a garment factory in Pakistan's Punjab province over blasphemy allegations.
Diyawadana, from Sri Lanka’s Kandy, was working as the general manager of the garment factory in Sialkot district, some 100 kms from Lahore.