Netizens slam Pakistan’s ‘hypocrisy’ and ‘servility’ over Trump Nobel nomination after Iran strikes: ‘What greater betrayal could there be to Muslims’

Pakistan’s Shahbaz Sharif

The Pakistani authorities and its highly effective army institution are going through a wave of public backlash after formally recommending US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, a transfer that drew widespread condemnation following the US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear amenities.Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and overseas minister Ishaq Dar despatched a letter to the Nobel Committee in Norway, crediting Trump’s “decisive diplomatic intervention” in the course of the current India-Pakistan standoff. But the advice triggered a storm on social media after Trump ordered assaults on Iran’s Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear websites, an operation he known as a “historic moment” and one which escalated regional tensions.On X (previously Twitter), customers accused the Pakistani authorities of appeasing its “master.” One person mocked, “Pakistanis, beware! After the attack on Iran, PM Shehbaz might not only award Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, but also Tamgha-e-Jurat, Tamgha-e-Shujaat, Tamgha-e-Basalat, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, and perhaps even the Nishan-e-Haider!”Veteran journalist Ameer Abbas recalled that PML-N chief Khawaja Saad Rafique had as soon as likened Trump to Genghis Khan and Hitler. “Now, the same government nominates him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Who is orchestrating such shameful and cowardly decisions?” he requested.Raheeq Abbasi, political analyst and columnist, famous the irony, “Trump, who vetoed the Gaza ceasefire 8 times and is protested across the West for war crimes, is being nominated for a Nobel by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Is there no sense of honour left?”The backlash reduce throughout ideological traces. Some customers accused the army institution of calling the pictures. “The uncrowned kings are ready to sell out the nation whenever they please,” wrote Major (R) Asim.Another person, Jarjees Ahmad, known as out the “supreme level of hypocrisy”, “We’re nominating someone involved in the massacre of Palestinians while claiming to stand with Iran.”Aamir Khan added, “What greater betrayal could there be to Muslims, our country, and the people of Pakistan?”The Pakistani authorities has but to reply formally to the criticism.