The Punjab Assembly (the legislature of Pakistan's most populous province) unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday recommending that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff, be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The resolution credited the two leaders with playing a pivotal diplomatic role in brokering a ceasefire between the United States and Iran and helping to prevent a broader regional conflict. The move is largely symbolic, as Nobel nominations are submitted through a formal independent process, but it reflects the Pakistani government's effort to cast its leadership as key peace brokers in a volatile international moment.