Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Zulfi Bukhari on Wednesday congratulated Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on claiming victory towards Democratic opponent Kamala Harris to grow to be america’ forty seventh president saying that he hopes that the billionaire will contribute in direction of ending conflicts and redressal of injustices globally and people dedicated inside Pakistan.
“Many congratulations to President Trump, the vp and his entire group on behalf of the PTI, [its founder] Imran Khan,” stated Bukhari after the Republican candidate’s victory speech in Palm Seashore, Florida after US media projected him profitable 277 electoral faculty votes towards Harris’s 222.
“It is a reminder that in a democratic nation, it doesn’t matter what number of pretend instances are made towards a pacesetter and state equipment is used towards him, they all the time win [if there’s democracy],” he added whereas highlighting Trump has been elected on a mandate of peace and economic system.
“We hope that he [Trump] takes the US in direction of peace and helps in direction of [bringing] peace in gentle of the present wars and conflicts […] and we additionally hope that his focus can even be on injustices world wide and people dedicated inside Pakistan,” added Zulfi who can be Khan’s adviser on worldwide affairs and has orchestrated a media marketing campaign within the UK and a world marketing campaign in help the incarcerated former prime minister.
He additionally felicitates the US on profitable elections and the transition of powers.
The PTI chief’s remarks come towards the backdrop of Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s claims that the previous ruling occasion was urging overseas powers to get its founder Khan, who has been behind bars for greater than a 12 months now, launched and settled overseas.
“They’re telling the overseas powers to affect Pakistan in direction of releasing Imran Khan and ship him to so-and-so nation,” stated Asif throughout an interview with a non-public information channel on Tuesday.
The federal minister’s remarks got here every week after as many as 20 British parliamentarians from cross-party have urged Member of Parliament and United Kingdom’s Overseas Secretary David Lammy to name for the previous prime minister’s launch from Adiala, asking the federal government to have interaction with Islamabad on the matter.
The letter was written by Kim Johnson, MP for Liverpool Riverside, on the request of Bukhari. It was signed by members of each the Commons and the Lords, from all events.
Individually, greater than 60 members of the US Home of Representatives additionally wrote a letter to President Joe Biden, calling on him to make use of Washington’s leverage with the Pakistani authorities for the discharge of the incarcerated founder.
“We write right now to induce you to make use of america’ substantial leverage with Pakistan’s authorities to safe the discharge of political prisoners together with former prime minister Khan and curtail widespread human rights abuses,” stated the lawmakers’ letter.