NEW YORK: A US newspaper has placed Prime Minister Imran Khan on its”starting list” of world leaders who standout to win this year’s NobelPeace Prize, citing his leadership in de-escalating the recent tensionsbetween India and Pakistan.
Besides the Pakistani leader, *The Christian Science Monitor*linkhaslisted South Korean President Moon Jae-in for opening a door to a NorthKorea and seeking a peaceful engagement aimed at denuclearising the Koreanpeninsula;
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for signing a peace pact with Eritreaand freeing political prisoners, and Venezuela’s opposition leader JuanGuaido, who became interim president with the support of the NationalAssembly to bring about peaceful change in the Latin American country.
“Perhaps the biggest surprise in peaceful leadership – and most critical tothe world – is Imran Khan,” the publication said.
It added, “After a February 14 attack that killed at least 40 Indiansoldiers in occupied Kashmir, India launched its first airstrike insidePakistan since a 1971 war. The two nuclear-capable states were primed forall-out conflict.
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In a goodwill gesture, Prime Minister Imran Khan returned the Indian pilotshot down inside Pakistan. He also offered talks with India.
“Nobody wins in a war. Especially countries that have the sort of weaponsthat India and Pakistan possess should not even think of war…,” he said,the publication added.
