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Nobel Peace Prize

Letter October 15, 2013
Dr Denis Mukwege, Congo’s Nobel nominee, was a better choice on merit.

ISLAMABAD: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2013 to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons. Dr Denis Mukwege, Congo’s Nobel nominee, was a better choice on merit. But if US President Barack Obama can qualify for it in the past, anyone else can.

Dr Irfan Zafar

Published in The Express Tribune, October 16th, 2013.

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