New York, Sept. 25 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while addressing the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday (local time), again referred to the four-day military confrontation in May 2025 that followed India's Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.

He credited US President Donald Trump for his role in preventing further escalation, saying his intervention came at a time when the two nuclear-armed neighbours were at a critical juncture.

New Delhi has consistently maintained that the May 2025 ceasefire between India and Pakistan was reached through direct communication between the two sides, with no role played by any third party.

Further, Sharif said Pakistan exercised its "in...