Trump invites PM Shehbaz to join US-led Board of Peace on Gaza: FO

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has received an invitation from United States President Donald Trump to join the Board of Peace on Gaza, the Foreign Office said on Sunday.

The board is set to “supervise the temporary governance” of Gaza, which has been under a shaky ceasefire since October 2025.

Responding to media queries, Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said Pakistan would remain engaged with international efforts aimed at promoting peace and security in Gaza.

He reiterated Pakistan’s longstanding position in support of a lasting and just solution to the Palestine issue in accordance with relevant United Nations resolutions.

The spokesperson added that Pakistan would continue to work with the international community to help alleviate the humanitarian situation and contribute to durable peace in the region.

Meanwhile, Jordan’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that King Abdullah received an invitation from US President Donald Trump to join the so-called “Board of Peace” for Gaza.

The foreign ministry said it was currently reviewing related documents within the country’s internal legal procedures.

The development comes a day after US President Trump’s “Board of Peace” for postwar Gaza began to take shape Saturday, with the leaders of Egypt, Turkiye, Argentina and Canada asked to join.

The announcements from those leaders came after Trump named his Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former British prime minister Tony Blair, and senior negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to the panel.

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Trump had already declared himself the chair of the body, as he promotes a vision of economic development in the Palestinian territory, which lies in rubble after two-plus years of relentless Israeli bombardment.

The moves came after a Palestinian committee of technocrats meant to govern Gaza held its first meeting in Cairo which was attended by Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law who has partnered with Witkoff for months on the issue.

In a statement sent to AFP, Blair said: “I thank President Trump for his leadership in establishing the Board of Peace and am honored to be appointed to its Executive Board.”

Blair is a controversial figure in the Middle East because of his role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Trump himself said last year that he wanted to make sure Blair was an “acceptable choice to everybody.”

Blair spent years focused on the Israeli-Palestinian issue as representative of the “Middle East Quartet” – the United Nations, European Union, United States and Russia – after leaving Downing Street in 2007.

The White House said the Board of Peace will take on issues such as “governance capacity-building, regional relations, reconstruction, investment attraction, large-scale funding and capital mobilisation.”

On the other hand, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Saturday that last week’s Trump administration announcement on the composition of a Gaza executive board was not coordinated with Israel and ran counter to government policy.

It said Foreign Minister Gideon Saar would raise the issue with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The statement did not specify what part of the board’s composition contradicted Israeli policy. An Israeli government spokesperson declined to comment.