Sri Lanka has expressed satisfaction over the court decision in Priyantha Kumara’s lynching case and appreciated the justice system in Pakistan.

Addressing a press conference along with Chairman Pakistan Ulema Council Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi in Islamabad, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner Mohan Wijewickrama said Justice prevails in Pakistan.

He said during the entire process of trial and tribulation, the most inspiring thing was that the whole Pakistani nation was on one page and condemning the Sialkot’s sad incident in the strongest terms.

He thanked the government and judiciary for taking the case to a logical conclusion in a short span of time.

The High Commissioner said the government of Sri Lanka is quite satisfied with the court decision and it has further cemented the 75-year old bilateral relations between the two countries.

Tahir Ashrafi, on the occasion, said Pakistan is totally against the culture of intolerance, extremism and terrorism.

Source: Radio Pakistan