Imran, Nawaz congratulate Biden, Harris on US election victory

On Nov 8, 2020 Last updated Oct 4, 2021

ISLAMABAD: PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khan has felicitated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for winning the US presidential race.

In a tweet message on Twitter, Prime Minister Khan said: ” I look forward to President Elect Biden’s Global Summit on Democracy & working with him to end illegal tax havens and stealth of nation’s wealth by corrupt leaders.”

Prime Minister also said that Pakistan will continue to work with the US for peace in Afghanistan and in the region.

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif also sent his congratulatory message to the US president-elect.

“Congratulations @JoeBiden on a historic victory for you, the American people and democracy. We look forward to better ties between the US and Pakistan under your leadership,” Sharif tweeted.

Earlier, President-elect Joe Biden declared it was “time to heal” America in his first speech after prevailing on Saturday in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede.

Biden’s victory in the battleground state of Pennsylvania put him over the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes he needed to clinch the presidency, ending four days of nail-biting suspense and sending his supporters into the streets of major cities in celebration.

“The people of this nation have spoken. They have delivered us a clear victory, a convincing victory,” Biden told cheering supporters in a parking lot during his victory speech in his home town of Wilmington, Delaware.

“I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify,” he said, then addressed Trump’s supporters directly.

“Now, let’s give each other a chance. It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again,” he said. “This is the time to heal in America.”

He was introduced by his running mate, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, who will be the first woman, the first Black American and the first American of Asian descent to serve as vice president, the country’s No. 2 office.