Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday claimed that his country shot down seven Indian aircraft in May this year. Addressing the UN General Assembly, the Pak PM claimed his country ‘won the war, and now we seek to win peace.” Sharif also lauded US President Donald Trump, whom he described as a "man of peace" and nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering the ceasefire between India and Pakistan. "Though in a position of strength, Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire facilitated by President Trump's bold and vigorous leadership. We express our deep appreciation to him and his team for their active role in bringing about the ceasefire," he said. "Who would have lived to tell what happened? And therefore, in recognition of Trump's wonderful and outstanding contribution to promoting peace in our part of the world, Pakistan nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. I think this is the least we can do for his love of peace - truly, he is a man of peace," Pakistan PM added. Sharif’s comments contradict India’s position that the ceasefire was agreed upon between the DGMOs of both countries without the involvement of any other leader. The Pak PM also raised the issue of abeyance of the Indus Water Treaty, which India had suspended following the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people on April 22 of this year. Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) India put the treaty on abeyance as one of the counter-measures against Pakistan's cross-border terrorism efforts. The Indus Waters Treaty was signed between India and Pakistan in September 1960, brokered by the World Bank. It allocated control over the waters of the three eastern rivers, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej, to India, and the three western rivers, Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab, to Pakistan. The agreement has remained in force despite wars and tensions between the two countries. However, it has often been criticised within India as being unfair to India's share of water rights. "India's unilateral and illegal attempt to hold the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance defies the provisions of the treaty itself as well as the norms of International law. Pakistan has made it abundantly clear that we will defend the inseparable right of our people on these waters. To us, any violation of the treaty represents an act of war," Sharif said.
