Pakistan Faces Brickbats Within And Outside Over Trump Nobel Proposal

21st June 2025 at 4:03 PM

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Pakistan's move to nominate US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize seems to be a bolt from the blue, not only for geopolitical experts.

New Delhi : Pakistan’s move to nominate US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize seems to be a bolt from the blue, not only for geopolitical experts, but for Pakistanis and the country’s leaders themselves. The brickbats on X followed shortly after Pakistan formally announced it had proposed Trump’s name for the Nobel Prize, crediting his “decisive diplomatic intervention” during the hostilities between India and Pakistan.

This despite India making it clear on several occassions that the ceasefire was directly negotiated between the two nations upon Pakistan’s insistence at the height of Operation Sindoor. Pakistani journalist and author Zahid Hussain said it was pathetic that the government recommended the Nobel for a person who backed the “genocidal war in Gaza” and was planning to invade Iran.

Maleeha Lodhi, who previously served as Pakistan’s ambassador at the United Nations, said “ingratiation” cannot serve as policy and called the government’s move unfortunate. “It is unfortunate that the govt is recommending Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. A man who has backed Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza… This move does not reflect the views of the people of Pakistan,” Lodhi tweeted.

“The genocide in Gaza is still happening because Trump wants it. Another war in the Middle East is brewing because Trump called for it. And yet, Pakistan’s puppet regime, eager to please the empire, recommends him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Zero dignity,” Rida Rashid tweeted. Another activist, Noor-e-Maryam Kanwer, said Pakistan has once again proved that it would “remain a rentier state”. Perhaps the strongest criticism came from Senator Allama Raja Nasir, who called Pakistan’s move a “deeply misguided and ethically hollow decision”.