‘New Pakistan’? What’s certainly new is the uptick in mob lynching
Prime minister’s vision of a more progressive country looks shaky after the murder of a foreign boss for ‘blasphemy’
02 March 2022 - 19:31
For years, Priyantha Kumara Diyawadanage walked a fine line as the manager of a sportswear factory in Pakistan. His employees were mostly young Muslim men, some devoutly religious. He was an outsider: a Christian from Sri Lanka and one of the few foreigners employed in the city of Sialkot, the world’s largest producer of footballs...
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