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COLOMBO (News1st): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has welcomed the government’s decision to reverse its mandatory cremation policy of COVID-19 deceased.
“I thank the Sri Lankan leadership & welcome the Sri Lankan govt’s official notification allowing the burial option for those dying of COVID-19,” Khan who visited the country recently said in a tweet.
Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also expressed similar sentiments.
“Pakistan is grateful to the leadership of Sri Lanka for allowing the option of burial for victims of COVID-19,” Qureshi said in a tweet a day after the government amended the laws.
U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz also welcomed the government’s “long overdue” move.