{"id":15988,"date":"2026-02-20T07:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/pakistan-pm-shehbaz-sharif-gets-sidelined-at-trumps-board-of-peace-meet-awkward-moments-go-viral\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T07:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:22:11","slug":"pakistan-pm-shehbaz-sharif-gets-sidelined-at-trumps-board-of-peace-meet-awkward-moments-go-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/pakistan-pm-shehbaz-sharif-gets-sidelined-at-trumps-board-of-peace-meet-awkward-moments-go-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif gets &#8216;sidelined&#8217; at Trump\u2019s Board of Peace meet; awkward moments go viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Pakistan&rsquo;s Prime Minister, Shebaz Sharif, had a humiliating experience at US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Board of Peace on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural meeting of the board, which convened members from over 40 countries, saw Pakistan&rsquo;s lack of presence at the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>The side lining was most prominent when the prime minister was denied a centre position in the official group photo.<\/p>\n<p>Trump took centre stage flanked by Vice President J D Vance and Secretary of state Marco Rubio. Behind him were leaders from Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Qatar. PM Sharif, meanwhile, was placed in the corner.<\/p>\n<p>In another awkward moment, Trump asked Shehbaz Sharif to stand up mid-speech while taking full credit for the India-Pakistan peace. &ldquo;Pakistan and India, that was a big one. Pakistan and India, thank you very much. I spoke to Prime Minister Modi. He&rsquo;s excited. He&rsquo;s watching us right now.&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Trump had praised Sharif, saying, &ldquo;I like this guy.&rsquo;&rsquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&ldquo;Prime Minister Sharif, I like this man. There was some firing going on when I got to know him, and your Field Marshal Asim Munir, he is a great guy. He said in front of our Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, he said: &lsquo;Do you know nobody knows but I believe that President Trump saved 25 million lives when he stopped the war between us and India, &rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sharif was also trolled on social media for calling Trump a &ldquo;man of peace&rdquo; and the &ldquo;saviour of South Asia&rdquo; and crediting him for securing a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your timely and very effective intervention to achieve a ceasefire between India and Pakistan potentially averted the loss of tens of millions of people,&rdquo; Sharif said. &ldquo;You have truly proved to be a man of peace. And let me say you are truly a saviour of South Asia,&rdquo; he said at the event.<\/p>\n<p>India has been consistently denying that Trump had any role in facilitating a ceasefire between the countries during their military standoff.<\/p>\n<p>One point of discomfort for the Pakistani leader seemed to have been the country&rsquo;s hesitation to commit to deploying thousands of personnel to an international stabilising and police force for Gaza according to a source who spoke to News18.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub><\/sub><\/p>\n<div>Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif gets &lsquo;sidelined&rsquo; at Trump&rsquo;s Board of Peace meet; awkward moments go viral<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&rsquo;s Prime Minister, Shebaz Sharif, had a humiliating experience at US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Board of Peace on Thursday. The inaugural meeting of the board, which convened members from over 40 countries, saw Pakistan&rsquo;s lack of presence at the gathering. 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