Sharif Credits Trump at UNGA, Raises Kashmir — SkimNews
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- Shehbaz Sharif used his ~23-minute UNGA address on Sept. 25, 2026 to credit Donald Trump for "timely intervention" in the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, saying Trump's "resolute and visionary leadership" saved "hundreds of millions of lives" in South Asia.
- Trump has repeatedly claimed, including in his own UNGA address this week, that he stopped the India-Pakistan war; India has consistently denied any third-party role and will field a junior diplomat for its Right of Reply.
- Sharif revived the Kashmir dispute, calling for a "just and fair solution" to prevent South Asia from reaching the 2025 conflict's "precipice" again, while India maintains Jammu and Kashmir is an "integral and inalienable part" of the country.
- India placed the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance as a punitive measure after the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians, tying any resumption to Pakistan ending support for cross-border terrorism.
- Sharif claimed Pakistan helped mediate the US-Iran conflict, asserting Islamabad brought Washington and Tehran "under one roof" and contributed to the "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding."
- Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Army Chief, was repeatedly thanked by Sharif for his "relentless efforts" in creating "space for diplomacy under exceptionally difficult and challenging circumstances."
Why it matters: Sharif's address repackaged three contested Pakistani claims — Trump-mediated India-Pakistan de-escalation, Kashmir internationalization, and US-Iran mediation — into a single UNGA pitch. India rejects the first and third premises outright, and the annual Right of Reply ritual keeps Kashmir bilateral rather than multilateral despite Pakistan's framing.
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