Tag: Pakistan

The human remains of Priyantha Kumara, the Sri Lankan Export Manager who was brutally killed by a mob in Sialkot, Pakistan on Friday, arrived in Colombo yesterday evening on a Sri Lankan Airlines flight from Lahore

Young Nilushi Kumara, the widow of Sri Lankan export manager Priyantha Kumara who was brutally massacred in Pakistan on Friday, has appealed to the Pakistani government for justice and compensation over her husband’s killing and urged for the safety of all Sri Lankans on Pakistani soil.

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday announced that the man who tried saving the Sri Lankan national during the recent lynching incident will be awarded the Tamgha i Shujaat —the second-highest civil award for bravery bestowed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has strongly condemned the ‘horrific vigilante attack’, calling it a day of shame for Pakistan.

The man was lynched for an alleged blasphemous act.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Monday that his government will allow India to send a humanitarian shipment of 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to neighbouring Afghanistan through its territory after the finalisation of the transit modalities.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa inaugurated the NDC on November 11

Indians topped the list of holiday makers in Sri Lanka in the month of October, officials here said on Tuesday, as the island nation is showing a gradual revitalisation of leisure tourism after being impacted by the pandemic.

A stunning finish saw Australia beat Pakistan and reach the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai announced on Tuesday she had married Asser Malik, a manager with Pakistan’s cricket governing body, at a small ceremony in Birmingham.