Pakistan debates Trump Nobel peace prize nomination after US strikes on Iran

<p>Pakistani government had credited US president with ‘pivotal leadership’ in its ceasefire negotiations with India</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/25/israel-iran-war-live-iranian-nuclear-program-could-restart-in-months-pentagon-finds-as-fragile-ceasefire-holds">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Donald Trump’s intervention into the Iran-Israel war, and brokering then announcing a ceasefire, has drawn a heated debate in Pakistan – where the government had formally <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/pakistan-trump-nobel-prize-recommendation-india-ceasefire">nominated the US president</a> for the Nobel peace prize as the US military was making its final preparations for a strike that threatened all-out war in the Middle East.</p><p>A statement in the early hours of Saturday local time – shortly before US B-2 bombers left the Whiteman air force base in Missouri and headed to Iran – had credited Trump for a “legacy of pragmatic diplomacy” and “pivotal leadership” for ensuring <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/12/how-india-and-pakistan-conflict-turned-from-brink-of-war-to-ceasefire-in-days">Pakistan’s ceasefire with India</a> in a conflict that had begun with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/23/indian-security-forces-hunt-militants-after-tourists-killed-in-kashmir-attack">the killing of tourists</a> in Indian-administered Kashmir in April.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/25/pakistan-trump-nobel-peace-prize-nomination-iran-strikes">Continue reading...</a>