ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan quickly congratulated Joe Biden onhis presidential election victory on Saturday even though Donald Trump,with whom several have had rocky relations, had yet to concede.
In a tweet late on Saturday night, the Pakistani premier also congratulatedKamala Harris on becoming the first Asian-American and also the first Blackvice-president, replacing Mike Pence next January.
Khan said he looks forward to Biden’s Global Summit on Democracy andworking with him to end illegal tax havens and stealth of nation’s wealthby corrupt leaders. “We will also continue to work with US for peace inAfghanistan & in the region,” he added.
Biden, a Democrat who served as vice-president under former presidentBarack Obama, has secured enough electoral votes to become the 46thpresident of the United States, defeating President Trump and capturing theWhite House after a bitter campaign in a country that has been riven byracial tensions.
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Biden’s vice-president elect, Kamala Harris, an attorney and US senatorfrom California, will be the first woman to achieve one of the top twooffices in the country.
