Islamabad: In a dramatic diplomatic development, Pakistan has announced via social media platform X that it is officially nominating former US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his “decisive diplomatic leadership” during the recent India-Pakistan conflict. The announcement praises Trump’s role in “easing tensions” between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, a claim that has been swiftly dismissed by India as baseless.
In its post, Pakistan credited Trump’s “pivotal intervention” for securing the ceasefire after the deadly April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and the subsequent military escalation. Islamabad stated that the former US President “helped avert a catastrophic regional war through timely diplomacy and strategic engagement.”
However, India has categorically denied any third-party involvement in the de-escalation. According to Indian officials, the ceasefire was the result of direct backchannel negotiations between New Delhi and Islamabad, facilitated by their respective Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs), without any mediation from Washington. Indian diplomatic sources also confirmed that this position was clearly communicated to Trump during a recent phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Despite India’s denial, Trump has remained vocal about his self-perceived contributions to global peace. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, the former US President declared, “I should have gotten it four or five times. They won’t give me a Nobel Peace Prize because they only give it to liberals.”
Listing a series of global conflicts where he claims to have played a peacekeeping role, Trump wrote: “I won’t get a Nobel Prize for stopping the war between India and Pakistan. I won’t get one for Serbia and Kosovo, Egypt and Ethiopia, or the Abraham Accords in the Middle East. No, I won’t get one no matter what I do, even with Russia/Ukraine or Israel/Iran — but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me.”
The announcement comes amid a flurry of behind-the-scenes diplomacy. Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir recently held a private meeting with Donald Trump during a visit to the United States. Though no official details were released, insiders suggest the two leaders discussed regional security, the evolving balance of power in South Asia, and future avenues of US-Pakistan strategic cooperation.
