Shehbaz Sharif Seeks Trump’s Mediation as India Rejects Pakistan’s Dialogue Appeal

Shehbaz Sharif Seeks Trump’s Mediation: Amid Indian delegations’ global outreach against terrorism, Pakistan is making an all-out effort to seek the help of US President Donald Trump to try and achieve peace with India. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised Trump for his role in helping de-escalate the situation with India and urged Washington to facilitate a comprehensive dialogue between the two nuclear neighbours.

Addressing an event at the US Embassy in Islamabad, the Pakistan PM echoed former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who stated that Trump “deserves credit" for helping facilitate the cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan.

The Pakistan PM was repeating the plea made by former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who had claimed that Trump "deserves credit" for helping facilitate the cessation of hostilities between the two nations.

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"On 10 different occasions, he has taken credit for facilitating the ceasefire between India and Pakistan – and rightly so. He deserves that credit because it was his efforts that helped make the ceasefire possible. So, if the US is willing to help Pakistan in maintaining this ceasefire, it is reasonable to expect that an American role in arranging a comprehensive dialogue would also be beneficial for us," Bhutto had said.

India has strongly rejected any third-party mediation and denied that Trump had any involvement in the ceasefire. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading the Indian delegation in the US, made India’s position clear: “I think the US has understood for some time now that India has a very clear position that there will be no talks with a gun pointed at our head... You’re not going to talk to people who are pointing guns at your temples. It’s not going to happen.”

The Indian delegation also slammed the Pakistani side for making claims that it was as much a victim of terrorism as India was.

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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, "This (Pakistan) delegation is going around saying we are also victims of terrorism, we have lost more lives to terrorism than India has. We turn around and say- Whose fault is that? As Hillary Clinton famously said 10 years ago. You can't breed vipers in your backyard and expect them to bite only your neighbours...That's why they (Pakistan) are now getting terrorists attacked by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, but who created the Taliban from which the Tehrik-i-Taliban broke off? We all know the answer to that, so let Pakistan look inside it and let it do some serious interior reflection before it goes around pleading innocence and deniability and everything else."

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya added, “Bhutto has been calling his delegation a peace delegation, and it is quite ironic... It’s like the Devil quoting from the scriptures.” He highlighted Pakistan’s dependence on Chinese military imports and questioned the credibility of its peace efforts.

US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast backed India’s stance during a press briefing in Washington, DC. “When you are attacked, you have no choice but to respond. The world does not allow anything else,” Mast said. He described the US-India partnership as strong and growing, signalling continued support.

The sharply opposing views reflect the deep mistrust between the two countries. While Pakistan pushes for international support to broker peace, India remains firm on its anti-terror position and refuses external mediation in its bilateral conflict with Pakistan.

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