Sharif Credits Trump at UN for India-Pakistan Ceasefire — SkimNews
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- Shehbaz Sharif credited Trump at the UN General Assembly on Friday for 'timely intervention' during the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, saying the US president's 'resolute and visionary leadership' saved hundreds of millions of South Asian lives.
- India has consistently denied any third-party role in stopping the war and will deploy one of its youngest diplomats at its UN Permanent Mission to exercise its Right of Reply against Sharif's claims.
- Operation Sindoor was launched by India on May 7, 2025, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.
- Sharif revived Pakistan's longstanding Kashmir demand in his roughly 23-minute address, arguing a 'just and fair solution' is needed to prevent South Asia from returning to the brink of the 2025 conflict.
- The Indus Waters Treaty was raised by Sharif; India placed it in abeyance as a punitive measure after Pahalgam and will keep it suspended until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably ends cross-border terrorism.
- Pakistan claimed it 'successfully brought Washington and Tehran under one roof' through 'Islamabad talks' and the 'Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding' to help end the US-Iran conflict.
- Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Army Chief, was repeatedly thanked by Sharif for creating 'space for diplomacy under exceptionally difficult and challenging circumstances.'
Why it matters: Sharif's claim directly contradicts India's longstanding position that no third party stopped the 2025 fighting, and New Delhi has already prepared a sharp Right of Reply from a young diplomat — sharpening the diplomatic clash at the UN over who actually halted the war. Pakistan simultaneously used the platform to claim credit for US-Iran mediation, positioning Islamabad as a diplomatic broker across two active conflicts.
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