PM Shehbaz felicitates Chinese president on securing record third term.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday felicitated China's President Xi Jinping on his reelection for the third consecutive term.

Taking to Twitter, the premier wrote: 'Heartiest felicitations to H. E. President Xi Jinping on his re-election as President of China. This is a reflection of the trust reposed by CPC and 1.4 billion Chinese people in his statesmanship'.

'I'm confident that Pakistan-China ties will flourish further under his sagacious leadership,' reads the tweet.

Earlier in the day, Mr Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third five-year term as China's president as he tightens his grip as the country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

Nearly 3,000 members of China's parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC), voted unanimously in the Great Hall of the People for Xi, 69, to be president in an election where there was no other candidate.

The voting lasted for about an hour and the electronic counting was completed in about 15 minutes.

The stage was set for another Xi term when he did away...

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