Recorder Report

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of United States, David Hale, on Tuesday congratulated Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for his election as the new prime minister of Pakistan.

“We congratulate Prime Minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on his election by the National Assembly. We look forward to working with him to advance our shared interests in a secure, democratic, peaceful, and prosperous Pakistan and region,” Ambassador Hale said in a statement here on Tuesday.

Abbasi was elected as the new prime minister following disqualification of the former Premier Nawaz Sharif by Supreme Court in Panama Papers case last week.