Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, in a message addressed to Sirajuddin Haqqani, recalled the anti-Soviet era by saying Pakistan stood “shoulder to shoulder” with the Haqqanis, hosted Afghan families as guests, and still carries millions of refugees on its soil.
Pakistan’s targeted airstrikes inside Afghanistan have triggered more than cross-border tension. According to sources, a high-level Taliban conference in Kabul exposed rare and deepening fractures within the regime, with disagreements over Pakistan policy, militant sanctuaries, and even leadership succession.
While New Delhi continues to sell Pakistan internally as a terrorist state, Islamabad is increasingly positioning itself as a mediator, a bridge-builder and a country whose real strategic mission is peace.
Seven foreign leaders phoned Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif within 24 hours, publicly praising Pakistan’s role in securing the U.S.-Iran ceasefire and signalling a rare burst of direct diplomatic recognition for Islamabad.
Senior Indian Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said India should welcome, not resent, Pakistan’s role in helping secure a US–Iran ceasefire, arguing that peace in the region is not a zero-sum outcome.
امریکی سِکھ راہنما گُرپتونت سنگھ پنّوں اور اُن کی تنظیم ’’سِکھ فار جسٹس‘‘ نے پاکستانی آرمی چیف فیلڈ مارشل عاصم منیر اور امریکی نائب صدر جے ڈی وینس کو امن کے نوبل انعام 2027 کیلئے نامزد کر دیا۔ ناروے کی نوبل کمیٹی کو باضابطہ درخواست جمع کروا دی گئی۔
Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by U.S.-based advocacy group Sikhs for Justice, crediting him with containing escalation during the recent U.S.-Iran crisis.