Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday (September 25, 2026) used the UN General Assembly podium to credit U.S.
President Donald Trump for his “timely intervention” in the 2025 conflict with India, as he again raked up the Kashmir issue in his address at the world organisation.
India had launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 last year, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that had killed 26 civilians. U.S. President Trump has repeatedly claimed, as recently as in his address to the UN General Assembly this week, that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan . New Delhi has consistently denied any third-party intervention. In his speech, Mr. “Pakistan chose to act swiftly through concerted efforts. Pakistan successfully brought Washington and Tehran under one roof in Islamabad. Mr.
Sharif also spoke about the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which India has said will be held in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably ends its support for cross-border and all other forms of terrorism. From the Islamabad talks to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, many historic steps were taken to bring an end to this serious conflict,” he said. Sharif repeatedly thanked the Pakistan Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, in his address, crediting his “relentless efforts” to help create “space for diplomacy under exceptionally difficult and challenging circumstances.”
