“President Trump demonstrated great strategic foresight"
Pakistan has said it will nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, claiming the US president helped broker the ceasefire with India.
In a post on X, the Pakistani government said Trump deserved the honour “in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis”.
The ceasefire, announced in May 2025, followed four days of fighting between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Trump declared the truce during a press briefing, saying both sides had agreed to stop hostilities after US pressure.
However, India has rejected this version of events.
Officials in New Delhi deny that any US mediation took place and maintain they do not want third-party involvement in disputes with Pakistan.
Despite this, Islamabad continues to praise Trump’s role.
The government said: “President Trump demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship through robust diplomatic engagement with both Islamabad and New Delhi, which de-escalated a rapidly deteriorating situation.
“This intervention stands as a testament to his role as a genuine peacemaker.”
There has been no official response from either India or the US to Pakistan’s nomination plans.
Trump has regularly claimed he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
On June 20, he wrote on Truth Social that he had helped mediate several international conflicts, adding:
“No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do.”
Trump has said he told India and Pakistan to agree to a ceasefire if they wanted continued trade relations with the US.
He told reporters: “I said, ‘Come on, we’re going to do a lot of trade with you guys [India and Pakistan]. Let’s stop it’.”
While Pakistan has echoed the claim that Trump’s involvement led to a truce, India has continued to deny this.
Mushahid Hussain, a former chair of the Senate Defence Committee in Pakistan, supported the Nobel move.
He said:
“Trump is good for Pakistan. If this panders to Trump’s ego, so be it.”
“All the European leaders have been sucking up to him big time.”
But others in Pakistan voiced concern. Maleeha Lodhi, a former ambassador to the US, called the announcement “unfortunate”.
She tweeted: “A man who has backed Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and called Israel’s attack on Iran as ‘excellent’.
“It compromises our national dignity.”
Donald Trump has often criticised former US President Barack Obama for receiving the prize in 2009, less than a year after taking office.
In 2013, he called on the Norwegian Nobel Committee to revoke the award.
Although Trump has made repeated promises to resolve major international conflicts, including those in Ukraine and Gaza, peace in both regions has remained elusive.
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