Historic hat-trick!
\n LONDON
\nAs Pakistani origin Briton Sadiq Khan became the mayor of London for a historic third time, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated the Labour Party leader on achieving a \u201chat-trick\u201d.
\nKhan beat Conservative challenger Susan Hall in the local elections across England, confirming the political supremacy of his party, which is the main opposition group in the country\u2019s politics.
\nTaking to X, formerly Twitter, PM Shehbaz felicitated the third-time London mayor, expressing pride in him and his competence in public service.
\n\u201cThe proud son of a hardworking British Pakistani has made every Pakistani proud, not just his parents. Being elected as the Mayor of London for the third time is a testament to Sadiq Khan\u2019s ability and public service,\u201d the premier wrote.
\nHe also wished Khan more success in the future. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar also congratulated Khan on his re-election as the Mayor of London and wished him success.
\n\u201cI wish him every success as he continues his onward march to serve the people of London with dedication and distinction!\u201d Dar said in a post on X.
\nFollowing Khan\u2019s victory in last week\u2019s local elections, #SadiqKhan became a trend on the social media site as hundreds of tweets poured in to congratulate him.
\nMeanwhile, his opponent Susan Hall issued a video statement claiming that it was she who had won the mayoral election but her \u201cvotes were stolen\u201d.
\nHowever, the Londoners expressed trust in Khan in their tweets.
\nKhan, 53, who became the first Muslim mayor of the British capital in 2016, has pledged to build more social housing and work with a future national Labour government to boost police capacity.
\nSpeaking at City Hall after his win, Khan said: \u201cWe faced a campaign of non-stop negativity, but I couldn\u2019t be more proud that we answered the fear-mongering with facts, hate with hope, and attempts to divide with efforts to unite.
\n\u201cWe ran a campaign that was in keeping with the spirit and values of this great city, a city that regards our diversity not as a weakness, but as an almighty strength \u2014 and one that rejects right hard-wing populism and looks forward, not back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Historic hat-trick! LONDON As Pakistani origin Briton Sadiq Khan became the mayor of London for a historic third time, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated the Labour Party leader on achieving a \u201chat-trick\u201d. Khan beat Conservative challenger Susan Hall in the local elections across England, confirming the political supremacy of his party, which is the main […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-404964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n