Pakistan for smooth transition process in US Top Story January 8, 2021 ISLAMABAD: In a first official reaction to the storming of the United States Congress building by pro-Trump supporters, Pakistan offered a guarded reaction. “We are closely following the developments in Washington DC. We are hopeful that the situation will soon normalise and would not in any way impact the ongoing transition process. We also wish to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on certification of his win by the US Congress,” spokesman at the Foreign Office said at the weekly media briefing. When asked to comment on demands by Afghan authorities to return seven victims in the militant attack on Hazara coalminers in Mach, there was no definite response.