Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President-elect Donald Trump and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan. — Online/Reuters/X/@OmarAyubKhan

 

Pakistan Felicitates Donald Trump on Winning Second Presidential Term

 

Islamabad: As world leaders extended their good wishes and felicitations to the victorious Republican Presidential candidate, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif joined them in congratulating President Donald Trump on his "historic victory for a second term”. 

"I look forward to working closely with the incoming Administration to further strengthen and broaden the Pakistan-US partnership @realDonaldTrump," wrote PM Shehbaz in his post.

While complete results of the US presidential polls are yet to be announced, Trump — based on several US media reports including those of Fox News — has claimed victory in the historic race that saw a Black-South Asian woman Kamala Harris compete against a former white president.

Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan too felicitated President Trump on his election win.

“Congratulations on behalf of myself and PTI to @realDonaldTrump for winning the US Presidential elections. The will of the American people held against all odds,” he wrote on X.  “President Elect Trump will be good for Pak-US relations based on mutual respect for democracy and human rights. We hope he will push for peace, human rights and democracy globally.” 

Omar Ayub Khan — the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PTI lawmaker — also extended felicitations to President Trump and his VP-elect JD Vance on winning the polls.

"It is hoped that this team will foster better relations between the people of Pakistan and the people of the United States of America," he wrote in a post on X.

The PTI also took to their official X handle to congratulate the Republican candidate and his VP-elect, stating that the people of the United States have spoken and their "mandate has been respected".

This is "a stark contrast to Pakistan, where the public mandate was blatantly stolen", the party claimed.

The felicitations from the PTI and Ayub come at a time when the party's founder Imran Khan remains imprisoned for over a year following convictions in multiple cases. - The News