{"id":41189,"date":"2025-01-27T08:56:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T08:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=41189"},"modified":"2025-01-27T14:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:01:15","slug":"lukashenko-re-elected-for-7th-consecutive-term-eu-rejects-election-as-sham-pak-pm-congratulates-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/lukashenko-re-elected-for-7th-consecutive-term-eu-rejects-election-as-sham-pak-pm-congratulates-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Lukashenko &#8220;Re-elected&#8221; for 7th Consecutive Term, Eu Rejects Election as Sham, Pak PM Congratulates &#8220;Brother&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41192\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lukashenko-Belarus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lukashenko-Belarus.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lukashenko-Belarus-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lukashenko-Belarus-356x220.jpg 356w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lukashenko-Belarus-696x433.jpg 696w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lukashenko-Belarus-676x420.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h4><em><strong>Tazeen Akhtar : Editor&#8217;s Desk <\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: 27 Jan 2025 &#8211; The results , as anticipated\/ expected , of Presidential &#8220;Election&#8221; in Belarus declare the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko as &#8220;Re-Elected&#8221; with landslide &#8220;Victory&#8221; for 7th consecutive term in office. He is ruling Belarus for last 3 decades since 1994 and now extended his rule in former East European SSR and present close ally of President Putin of Russian Federation overall in general and in war with Ukraine especially.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>European countries have termed the election as sham while Prime Minister Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif has felicitated Mr. Lukashenko. In a message on X, PM writes , &#8221; Heartiest congratulations to my brother President Lukashenko on his historic victory in the election. Wishing him continued success. We will keep working together to realize our shared vision for stronger bilateral relations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41198\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pakistan-Belarus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pakistan-Belarus.jpg 400w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pakistan-Belarus-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6fmP3tnPhU\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-belarus-discuss-cooperation-in-trade-investments-and-defense\/\">Pakistan Belarus Sign Roadmap for Comprehensive Cooperation 2025-2027, Agree to Foster Closer Collaboration in Defense, Trade, Science Tech, Climate, Investments<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan Belarus Sign Roadmap for Comprehensive Cooperation 2025-2027, Agree to Foster Closer Collaboration in Defense, Trade, Science Tech, Climate, Investments&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-belarus-discuss-cooperation-in-trade-investments-and-defense\/embed\/#?secret=UsAlfG6q4P#?secret=6fmP3tnPhU\" data-secret=\"6fmP3tnPhU\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari<\/strong> has extended heartfelt felicitations to President Aleksandr Lukashenko on his election for the 7th term as the President of Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>The President expressed the hope that under his leadership, bilateral cooperation between Pakistan and Belarus will be further strengthened.<\/p>\n<p>The President conveyed his best wishes for the continued success of President Lukashenko and the well-being of the people of Belarus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;You can congratulate the Republic of Belarus, we have elected a president,&#8221; Igor Karpenko, the head of the country&#8217;s Central Election Commission, told a news conference in the early hours of Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Election officials said turnout was 87.6% in the election, in which 6.9 million people were eligible to vote. He won more of the vote than in 2020, when he won 81.04 per cent.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>There were 4 other candidates including 2 women but as expected and known, incumbent Presidents never feel uncomfortable or challenged by the opposition in former USSR states.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Western media and observers say that the other candidates were not against the incumbent President but actually campaigning for him. This is the lowest of a country that calls itself a Republic.<\/p>\n<p>European politicians said the vote was neither free nor fair because independent media are banned in the former Soviet republic and all leading opposition figures have either been jailed or forced to flee abroad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people of Belarus had no choice. It is a bitter day for all those who long for freedom &amp; democracy,&#8221; German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock posted on X.<\/p>\n<p><strong>President Lukashenko addressed a news conference on Sunday,<\/strong> in which he expressed his mind about the opposition and the jailed leaders. He said, &#8221; They had chosen their own fate. Some chose prison, some chose &#8216;exile&#8217;. We didn&#8217;t kick anyone out of the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Human rights groups say the country has jailed more than 1,200 political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Lukashenko accused imprisoned protest leader Maria Kolesnikova<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 who tore up her passport during a forced deportation by the KGB in 2020 \u2013 of \u201cbreaking\u201d prison rules. He said he personally gave the order for Kolesnikova to be \u201cshown to the people\u201d last November \u2013 when photos of her were released in a first sign of life for over a year.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Reuters<\/strong><\/em> this week that Lukashenko had engineered his re-election as part of a &#8220;ritual for dictators&#8221;. Demonstrations against him took place on Sunday in Warsaw and other East European cities.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The European Union and the United States<\/strong> <\/em>both said they did not acknowledge him as the legitimate leader of Belarus after he used his security forces to crush mass protests following the last election in 2020, when Western governments backed Tsikhanouskaya&#8217;s claim that Lukashenko had rigged the count and cheated her of victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign ministers of the eight Nordic-Baltic nations,<\/strong> Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden \u2013 saluted \u201cthe tireless efforts of the Belarusian democratic forces led by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Ibkq7d3zCv\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-january-2024\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 January 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 January 2024&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-january-2024\/embed\/#?secret=YtnxGe5QA5#?secret=Ibkq7d3zCv\" data-secret=\"Ibkq7d3zCv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tazeen Akhtar : Editor&#8217;s Desk ISLAMABAD: 27 Jan 2025 &#8211; The results , as anticipated\/ expected , of Presidential &#8220;Election&#8221; in Belarus declare the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko as &#8220;Re-Elected&#8221; with landslide &#8220;Victory&#8221; for 7th consecutive term in office. 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