British PM Theresa May telephones Imran Khan, not a good news for Sharifs

British PM Theresa May telephones Imran Khan, not a good news for Sharifs

ISLAMABAD - British Prime Minister Theresa May called Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan, the chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

She congratulated him for being elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan afte the July 25 election.

The British prime minister said that her government is ready to further strengthen and diversify bilateral diplomatic relations between Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

"We will give our cooperation the incoming government," she said.

Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan expressed his gratitude to the British prime minister for her warm wishes.

Both the leaders agreed that money laundering is a huge issue for the developing economies, adding that Pakistan would desire to receive assistance from the UK to minimise money laundering.