ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad said that those responsible for Sialkot incident will be brought to justice.
He was talking to the Srilankan High Commissioner to Pakistan Mohan Wijewickrama during his visit to the high commission in Islamabad today [Monday].
The Interior Minister said the entire Pakistani nation is aggrieved over the horrific killing of the Srilankan national in Sialkot.
The Srilankan envoy expressed satisfaction over Pakistan’s response to the incident and said this will not affect the bilateral relations between the two countries.
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Earlier in the day, the remains of the Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara, who was lynched by a mob in Sialkot over blasphemy allegations last week, were repatriated to Colombo from Lahore airport.
The body was brought to the airport in an ambulance where Punjab Minister for Minority Affairs Ejaz Alam and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Interfaith Harmony Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi received it.
Other officials present on the occasion included Honorary Consul General of Sri Lanka Yasin Joya and representatives of the Punjab Home Department and Sri Lankan High Commission. Priyantha Kumar’s remains were repatriated with state honours.
