MULTAN: Polling is currently under way for the by-election in Multan’s NA-148 constituency, with the main contest between the PPP
PM, COAS condemn Sialkot lynching as Sri Lanka demands probe
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa have condemned the lynching of a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot on Friday with the PM calling it “a day of shame for Pakistan.”
In separate statements, they have promised to punish everyone involved in the crime.
The statements came as Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry demanded “the required investigation and justice” following the incident.
Gen Bajwa called the incident “condemnable and shameful” in a statement, media reported.
He said extra-judicial acts by the mob were unacceptable and everything must be done to help bring the people involved in the incident to justice.
Prime Minister Khan issued a statement on Twitter describing what he called “a vigilante attack” as “horrific.”
The prime minister promised that everyone involved in the attack will be punished as he was overseeing the investigation.
Arrests were being made, he said. At least 50 people have been arrested in Sialkot, according to Punjab government spokesman.
You May Also Like
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told the National Assembly in written reply to a question on Saturday, Trade ties between Pakistan
LAHORE: Ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday demanded action against a trio of retired Supreme Court judges who had ousted
