Pakistan has formally nominated former US President Donald J. Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, praising his “decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership” during the recent India–Pakistan crisis. The Government of Pakistan announced the recommendation on X, highlighting Trump’s role in brokering a ceasefire after several days of cross-border shelling triggered by a terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 civilians hindustantimes.com.
The move follows Trump’s unprecedented White House meeting with Pakistan Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, who lunched with the former president on June 18. Munir, elevated to Pakistan’s first Field Marshal since 1959, had earlier publicly urged Trump’s Nobel nomination, crediting him with averting a potential nuclear confrontation between the two South Asian rivals hindustantimes.com.
Tensions had escalated after India’s Operation Sindoor on May 7, a retaliatory strike against terror camps in Pakistan-controlled territory. Four days of intense exchanges ended in a mutual ceasefire on May 10, following diplomatic interventions that Islamabad now attributes in part to Trump’s engagement hindustantimes.com.
