{"id":120974,"date":"2021-12-07T17:56:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T00:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=120974"},"modified":"2021-12-07T17:56:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T00:56:20","slug":"why-pakistanis-are-saying-sorry-to-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/12\/07\/why-pakistanis-are-saying-sorry-to-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Pakistanis Are Saying Sorry To Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>By\u00a0<a class=\"blue\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rediff.com\/author\/Rediff%20News%20Bureau\">Rediff News Bureau<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>n December 3, members of Pakistan&#8217;s hardline Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan attacked a garment factory in Sialkot in Punjab and brutally lynched a Sri Lankan national &#8212; one report said all the bones in his body were broken &#8212; before burning his body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His alleged offence: Alleged blasphemy, a misdemeanour which Pakistani fundamentalists have used again and again to murder anyone accused of disrespecting Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Priyantha Kumara, in his 40s, was working as the general manager of the factory in Sialkot district, some 100 km from Lahore.<ins>Sponsored<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As pressure mounted on Imran Khan&#8217;s government to bring the guilty to quick justice, over 800 people have been booked under terrorism charges. 13 prime suspects are among 118 arrested so far in the horrific lynching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please click on the images to view how members of Pakistani civil society apologised to Sri Lanka and its people for Mr Kumara&#8217;s horrific murder.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im.rediff.com\/news\/2021\/dec\/07sri-lanka-priyantha-kumara1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>IMAGE: A girl carries a sign condemning the lynching during a protest in Lahore, December 4, 2021.<br>Photograph: Mohsin Raza\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im.rediff.com\/news\/2021\/dec\/07sri-lanka-priyantha-kumara2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>IMAGE: People light oil lamps next to laid roses before a portrait of Priyantha Kumara to express their condolences to Mr Kumara&#8217;s family and the people of Sri Lanka in Karachi, December 5, 2021.<br>Photograph: Akhtar Soomro\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im.rediff.com\/news\/2021\/dec\/07sri-lanka-priyantha-kumara3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>IMAGE: A protest against the lynching in Lahore, December 4, 2021.<br>Photograph: Mohsin Raza\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im.rediff.com\/news\/2021\/dec\/07sri-lanka-priyantha-kumara4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>IMAGE: People carry signs condemning the lynching in Karachi, December 4, 2021.<br>Photograph: Akhtar Soomro\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im.rediff.com\/news\/2021\/dec\/07sri-lanka-priyantha-kumara5.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>IMAGE: Members of the Association of Patriotic Scholars Group protest outside the Pakistan high commission in Colombo, December 6, 2021, against Priyantha Kumara&#8217;s brutal death.<br>Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte\/Reuters<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Rediff News Bureau n December 3, members of Pakistan&#8217;s hardline Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan attacked a garment factory in Sialkot in Punjab and brutally lynched a Sri Lankan national &#8212; one report said all the bones in his body were broken &#8212; before burning his body. 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