Pakistan debates Trump Nobel peace prize nomination after US strikes on Iran
Pakistani government had credited US president with pivotal leadership' in its ceasefire negotiations with India
Donald Trump's intervention into the Iran-Israel war, and brokering then announcing a ceasefire, has drawn a heated debate in Pakistan - where the government had formally nominated the US president for the Nobel peace prize as the US military was making its final preparations for a strike that threatened all-out war in the Middle East.
A statement in the early hours of Saturday local time - shortly before US B-2 bombers left the Whiteman air force base in Missouri and headed to Iran - had credited Trump for a legacy of pragmatic diplomacy" and pivotal leadership" for ensuring Pakistan's ceasefire with India in a conflict that had begun with the killing of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir in April.
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