Staff Reporter Islamabad
The civil and military leadership has expressed resolve to curb mob killings in the country days after a Sri Lankan national was brutally lynched by an angry crowd of hundreds over blasphemy allegations in Sialkot.
The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday to review the overall security situation in the country, according to a statement issued by the PM Office.
The meeting was attended by Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yousaf, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and other senior military and civil officials.
The meeting expressed serious concern over the cruel act of killing of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Diyawadanage in Sialkot last Friday and expressed the resolve to bring the perpetrators to justice.
