Prestigious Nobel Peace Prize is hard earned There is little doubt that PM Imran Khan’s unexpected but timely announcement regarding the release of the captured Indian air force pilot was instrumental in deescalating the latest, full-blown and nerve-wracking standoff between the sub-continental neighbours. On the ‘ground’, a strident campaign was spearheaded by federal information minister, Fawad Chaudhry, and a resolution to this effect duly deposited with the Secretariat of the adjourned National Assembly. The information minister’s portfolio was recently in jeopardy over the new MD, PTV’s appointment, and this might be his true catalyst and motive. But despite including undeserving recipients, such as Kofi Annan (2001) and Barack Obama (2009), the Peace Prize was actually intended for those who ‘have done the most or best for fraternity between nations, for abolition or reduction of standing armies, and for holding and promotion of peace congresses’. Without slighting Imran Khan’s opportune intervention in defusing recent tensions, that is rather a tall order.

Source: Pakistan Today March 05, 2019 14:59 UTC