ISLAMABAD: Some of Pakistan’s most respected and senior religious scholars today vowed to ensure that all culprits involved in the lynching of Sri Lankan citizen Diyawadanage Don Nandasri Priyantha would be brought to justice.
The promise was made as the ulema addressed a press conference along with Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan Mohan Vijay Vikrama in Islamabad.
A delegation of religious scholars from all sects, led by Wifaqul Madaris Al-Arabia President Mufti Taqi Usmani, held a meeting with the Sri Lankan high commissioner to offer their condolences over the gruesome murder of Priyantha in Sialkot on Friday.
The scholars said their visit was to express grief over the unfortunate incident and assure the Sri Lankan government’s representative that the issue would be dealt with justly.
“The incident has shaken the entire nation to its core,” Mufti Taqi Usmani said in his address. He expressed solidarity with the Sri Lankan people on behalf of the religious scholars of Pakistan, saying that the ulema equally share the other side’s grief.
