NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday questioned Pakistan's Nobel Peace Prize
nomination for Donald Trump after the United States
conducted air strikes targeting nuclear sites in Iran.
Also Read | 'Gravely concerned': Pakistan slams US strikes on Iran; day after nominating Trump for Nobel Peace PrizeThe Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP asked whether Pakistan had supported the US president as it wanted him to drop bombs on a sovereign nation.
"We should ask Pakistanis if for this they want Trump to get a Nobel Peace Prize," Owaisi said in Hyderabad, according to news agency ANI.
Also Read | 'Won't get Peace Prize': Donald Trump again claims credit for India-Pakistan de-escalation; cites Nobel snubHe further mocked Islamabad's military leadership, as the US strikes came just days after Trump
hosted Pakistan's army chief, field marshal Asim Munir, for lunch.
"Did Pakistan's general (Munir) have lunch with the US president for this? They all have been exposed today," he remarked.
The politician also warned of "serious consequences" for India if a full-scale war broke out in the Gulf and Middle East region, where Israel and Iran have been engaged in a military conflict since June 13. Israel is a staunch US ally.
"We must also remember that more than 16 million (1.6 crore) Indians live in the Gulf and Middle East, and if that area erupts in a war, which unfortunately is very likely, then it will have a grave impact on the Indians living there," Owaisi stated.
The region, he noted, was vital for India's economy.
"The investments which Indian companies have made in all these Arab countries or Gulf countries, and a substantial amount of foreign investment, comes from this area," the Hyderabad MP said.
Earlier, America targeted three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow. An underground facility, Fordow is the Islamic Republic's main enrichment location for uranium enrichment to 60 per cent.
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