Overview

• Pakistan formally submitted its nomination to the Norwegian Nobel Committee on June 21, praising Trump’s “decisive diplomatic intervention” during the four-day May conflict.
• Trump continues to claim he brokered the India-Pakistan ceasefire, though India’s foreign secretary has firmly denied any US mediation and said the truce was a bilateral accord.
• The nomination followed President Trump’s White House lunch with Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, marking the first invitation of a Pakistani military leader under a civilian Islamabad government.
• Some analysts in Pakistan suggest the nomination could sway Trump on Iran policy, while domestic critics have faulted his support for Israel’s operations in Gaza.
• There has been no official response from the White House or the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and it remains unclear how the nomination will fare among other contenders.