INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Donald Trump for bombing Iran, less than 24 hours after saying he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for defusing a recent crisis with
India.Relations between the two South Asian countries plummeted after a massacre of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir in April
The nuclear-armed rivals stepped closer to war in the weeks that followed, attacking each other until intense diplomatic efforts, led by the
praised in an effusive message Saturday night on the X platform when it announced its formal recommendation for him to receive the Nobel
Peace Prize.Less than 24 hours later, however, it condemned the U.S
Energy Agency.Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a phone call Sunday with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, expressed his
concern that the bombings had targeted facilities that were under the safeguards of the IAEA
Pakistan has close ties with Iran and supports its attacks on Israel, saying it has the right to self-defense.There was no immediate comment
on Monday from Islamabad about the Trump Nobel recommendation, which also followed a high-profile White House lunch meeting between the
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, the U.S
Special Representative for Middle Eastern Affairs.According to a Pakistani military statement, a detailed exchange of views took place on
Pakistan was quick to thank Trump for his intervention in its crisis with India, New Delhi played it down and said there was no need for
external mediation on the Kashmir issue.The Himalayan region of Kashmir is divided between Pakistan and India but claimed by both in its
