ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday defended Islamabad’s decision to recommend United States President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his role in brokering two ceasefires in under two months. The government last week announced it would formally nominate Trump for what it called his “decisive diplomatic intervention” during last month’s military standoff with India, a brief but intense escalation in which the nuclear-armed rivals exchanged missile, drone and artillery strikes before the US brokered a truce on May 10.

Pakistani politicians criticize government's decision to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after US attacks on Iran.

Donald Trump reignited his claim for the Nobel Peace Prize, asserting his pivotal role in resolving various global conflicts. Hours before the US bombed nuclear sites in Iran's…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan condemned US President Donald Trump for bombing Iran, less than 24 hours after saying he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for defusing a recent crisis with India.…

Timing of Nobel nomination appears aimed at reinforcing Trump’s claim of ceasefire mediation in India-Pakistan conflict, analysts say.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday defended Islamabad’s decision to recommend United States President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize,…

Pakistani government had credited US president with ‘pivotal leadership’ in its ceasefire negotiations with India