Pakistan congratulates Donald Trump for assuming ‘second time period’ as US president

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (left), US Presidential-elect Donald Trump and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan. — PPI/Reuters/AFP
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (left), US Presidential-elect Donald Trump and Chief of the Opposition within the Nationwide Meeting Omar Ayub Khan. — PPI/Reuters/AFP
  • PM appears to be like ahead to “working carefully” with incoming administration.
  • Ayub hopeful Trump’s workforce will foster higher ties with Pakistani folks.
  • Bilawal expresses hope that new administration will prioritise peace.

As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed “magnificent victory” in speech addressing supporters, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday congratulated him on his return to the White Home because the forty seventh president of america defeating Vice-President Kamala Harris.

In his congratulatory message posted on X, previously Twitter, the premier talked about Trump as president-elect extending congratulations on his “historic victory for a second time period”.

“I stay up for working carefully with the incoming Administration to additional strengthen and broaden the Pakistan-U.S. partnership @realDonaldTrump,” wrote PM Shehbaz in his publish.

Pakistan congratulates Donald Trump for assuming second term as US president

PM Shehbaz’s want for Trump, who will return to imagine the president’s workplace in Washington for the second time, got here after his victory speech was broadcast stay for viewers world wide.

Whereas full outcomes of the US presidential polls are but to be introduced, Trump — primarily based on a number of US media studies together with these of Fox Information — has claimed victory within the historic race that noticed a Black-South Asian lady Harris compete in opposition to a former white president.

The Democratic candidate is manner behind within the race with 226 and Trump main with 277 votes, as per the aforementioned American media.

Alternatively, Omar Ayub Khan — the Chief of the Opposition within the Nationwide Meeting and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PIT) lawmaker — additionally prolonged congratulations to Trump and his VP-elect JD Vance on successful the polls.

“It’s hoped that this workforce will foster higher relations between the folks of Pakistan and the folks of america of America,” he wrote in a publish on X.

Pakistan congratulates Donald Trump for assuming second term as US president

The PTI additionally took to their official X deal with to congratulate the Republican candidate and his VP-elect, stating that the folks of america have spoken and their “mandate has been revered”.

It added that it’s “a stark distinction to Pakistan, the place the general public mandate was blatantly stolen”.

The felicitations from the PTI and Ayub come at a time when the get together’s founder Imran Khan stays imprisoned for over a 12 months following convictions in a number of instances.

The want for Trump can be essential because the get together has, in keeping with claims made by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, urged overseas powers to affect Pakistan for the discharge of their founder and guarantee transferring him overseas.

Throughout his tenure as prime minister of Pakistan, Imran shared amicable ties with Trump administration — a motive why the PTI celebrates the US president-elect’s return to energy as a possible benefit.

In the meantime, Pakistan Peoples Get together Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, in his message for Trump, congratulated him and his workforce on the “election and historic comeback” and “resounding victory”.

Pakistan congratulates Donald Trump for assuming second term as US president

Terming the Republican’s win and mandate “anti-war”, Bilawal wrote: “We hope the brand new administration will prioritize peace and assist finish the cycle of perpetual world battle.”