Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Senator Kamran Murtaza on Monday submitted a decision within the Senate in opposition to the federal government’s resolution to appoint US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, as Washington joined Israel’s conflict with Iran.
The federal government had determined to appoint Trump for the distinguished award to hail his “decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal management” throughout final month’s Pak-India battle, when each neighbours stepped again from the brink of conflict with US mediation.
In a assertion, it had highlighted that Trump “demonstrated nice strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship by means of sturdy diplomatic engagement with each Islamabad and New Delhi”, which in the end secured a ceasefire.
Nevertheless, after the US bombed Iran’s Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear websites, with Trump saying they had been “completely obliterated”, leaders throughout the political spectrum joined residents in voicing their reservations.
Within the decision dated right this moment, a duplicate of which is obtainable with Daybreak.com, Senator Murtaza mentioned, “The Senate of Pakistan urges the Federal Authorities to rescind and withdraw its resolution recommending US President … after bombing Iran by the USA on the orders of its President in violation of worldwide legislation, interfering within the sovereignty of Iran, ensuing a number of casualties additionally, as one of many concern of human rights, disturbing the peace within the area.”
The JUI-F chief additionally submitted a movement below Rule 218. It mentioned that the Home could talk about the federal government’s suggestion for his “decisive diplomatic position” through the battle “in opposition to the desire of individuals of Pakistan with out taking into confidence any Home of Parliament”.
Earlier right this moment, an emergency assembly of the Nationwide Safety Committee (NSC) reaffirmed Iran’s proper to self-defence following the US airstrikes.
A press launch from the Prime Minister’s Workplace mentioned: “The committee strongly condemned Israel’s acts of aggression and expressed remorse that these army assaults coincided with a constructive negotiation course of between Iran and the US.
“These reckless actions have escalated tensions, threatening to ignite a wider battle and diminishing the alternatives for dialogue and diplomacy. The NSC reaffirmed Iran’s proper to self-defence as enshrined within the UN Constitution.”
On Sunday, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman demanded that the federal government rescind its resolution.
“President Trump’s declare of peace has confirmed to be false, the proposal for the Nobel Prize ought to be withdrawn,” Fazl instructed staff at a celebration assembly in Murree.
