Pakistani politicians raised their concerns about the government’s decision to recommend to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, for the Nobel Peace Prize 2026, when Washington joined the Israel War with Iran.
The government had decided to name Trump for the prestigious prize to take his “decisive diplomatic intervention and fundamental leadership” during the Pak-Indian conflict last month, when both neighbors left the edge of war with US mediation.
In a statement, he had stressed that Trump “demonstrated a great strategic forecast and the star statesman through a solid diplomatic participation with Islamabad and New Delhi”, which finally assured a stop the fire.
However, after the United States bombarded Iran’s nuclear sites, Isfahan and Natanz, with Trump saying that they were “totally erased”, leaders from the entire political spectrum joined the Pakistani citizens to express their reserves.
The veteran politician Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who directs his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-Islam (JUI-F), demanded that the government terminate its decision.
“President Trump’s peace claim has proven to be false, the proposal for the Nobel Prize should withdraw,” Fazl told the workers at a meeting of parties in Murree today, according to a Jui-F statement.
He said that Trump’s recent meeting and lunch with the head of Army personnel (COAS), the field marshal also, “pleased the Pakistani rulers both who recommended to nominate the president of the United States for the Nobel Prize.
The Chief of Jui-F said that Trump won the presidential elections with the slogan of peace, but was “proven false in his claim.”
Fazl said that when Pakistan “destroyed the defense force of India,” President Trump intervened and said he had declared a high fire.
“[But] Trump has supported Israeli attacks against Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Iran. How can this be a peace signal? Fazl questioned.
Trump campaigned for the position as a “peacemaker” who would use his negotiation skills to quickly end wars in Ukraine and Gaza, although both conflicts are still in five months after their presidency.
The United States has vetoed several times the resolutions that ask for a stop in Gaza in the UN Security Council, the last earlier this month.
Fazl said his party was in favor of friendship with the United States, but not of his “slavery.”
“National sovereignty, the right of people to govern themselves, and economic freedom must remain in relations with the United States,” said the Chief of Jui-F.
Fazl also said that in the last three months, an American delegation visited him three times, after which he attended his diplomatic ceremony in Islamabad.
He also expressed his opinion that attacks against Iran were an attempt to stop China’s economic growth in the Middle East. China is the largest Iranian oil importer.
“Pakistan’s economic force in the region has been more affected. The economic balance is changing to Asia instead of Europe, which is a good omen of Asia,” he said.
‘Trump is no longer a possible peacemaker’
The calls to reconsider the government’s decision also come from other politicians.
Former Senator Mushahid Hussain wrote in X: “Since Trump is no longer a possible peacemaker, but a leader who intentionally unleashed an illegal war, [the] The Pakistan government must now review, terminate and revoke its Nobel nomination!
He said Trump had been “caught by Netanyahu and Israeli War Lobby, committing [the] The biggest error of your presidency. “
“Trump will now end up presiding over [the] Decline of America! “
Trump “dedicated himself to deception and betrayed his own promise not to start new wars,” Mushahid said in another publication, strongly condemning the attacks of the United States against Iran.
Hussain, former president of the Permanent Committee of Defense of the Senate, had previously said that if the nomination “Panders to Trump’s ego, so it is.”
PTI MNA Ali Muhammad Khan wrote “reconsider” in all limits on his X account, highlighting the “US attack against Iran and the continuous US support of Israeli murders in Gaza”.
In a separate publication, the opposition PTI condemned the “unprovoked” attacks of the United States and expressed “total support” for Iran’s sovereignty.
Raoof Hasan, head of the PTI political expert group, said that the government’s decision was now a “cause of shame and shame not mitigated for those who were fundamental to make the decision.”
“That is why it is said that legitimacy cannot be bought or gifted,” said Hasan, while taking a mockery to the government. He also denounced the “total contempt of the United States for international agreements” through attacks against Iran.
Former Afrasiab Khattak senator said: “The skicance adopted by [the] The Pakistani ruling elite by nominating President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize is not part of the normative behavior in international diplomacy. “
“It was very shameful to announce the nomination hours before Trump ordered to bombard the Iranian nuclear sites,” said the veteran politician.
The chief of Jamaat-I-Islami, Naeemur Rehman, said the decision “undermines our dignity and national grace.”
Maleeha Lodhi, former Pakistan ambassador to the United States, has called the “unfortunate” movement and said he did not reflect the public’s opinions.
Among other notable people were senior journalist Mariana Baabar, who wrote in X that “today Pakistan doesn’t look too well”, sharing the government post announcing his intention to nominate Trump for the Nobel.
The author and activist Fatima Bhutto asked: “Will Pakistan withdraw her nomination to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?”
Trump has received multiple nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize for Loyal Supporters and Legislators over the years.
He has openly expressed his frustration for missing the prestigious prize, which recently mentions it during a February Oval Office meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The former president of the United States, Barack Obama, won the prize shortly after taking office in 2009, and Trump complained during his 2024 electoral campaign that his Democratic predecessor was not worthy of honor.
