Meanwhile Pakistanis Are Signing Online Petitions & Demanding Nobel Peace Prize For Imran Khan
#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan was the top trend in Pakistan today. Social media users also started a petition to nominate Khan to win the prize. The petition has gathered almost 28000 signatures in less than 24 hours.
After Pakistan PM Imran Khan's announcement of releasing Varthnaman Abhinandan, people on social media have been showering praises on his gesture to the extent of demanding a Nobel Peace Prize.
Social media users managed to make #NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan the top trend in Pakistan today and also started a petition to nominate Khan to win the prize.
According to Gulf News, the campaign started by Rameez Asif on the global petitioning platform change.org.
A day after his capture, Khan announced in the Pakistan Parliament that the country will release Varthaman as a ¡°peace gesture¡± to de-escalate tensions between the two nations.
Take a look at the tweets praising Imran Khan for his gesture:
#1
Nobel peace prize for Our Prime Minister Imran Khan! #NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan
¡ª Daniyal Gondal (@daniyalgondal) 1 March 2019
Imran Khan Prime Minister of Pakistan must deserve the Nobel peace prize because his strongly strugle creat a lot of peace in Pakistan, India and also in Afghanistan Talinan & America #NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan
¡ª Nawab Khan Afridi (@NKAfridi55) 1 March 2019
Nobel peace prize winner for 2019 is Mr. Imran Khan, Prime minister of Islamic state of Pakistan .
¡ª hasan (@hasanchand) 1 March 2019
Salute to Pak Army https://t.co/adgndxM9e7
The petition has gathered almost 28,000 signatures in less than 24 hours.#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan pic.twitter.com/Rdi28YFSoO
¡ª Ahsan (@Ahsan56829642) 1 March 2019
Sign the petition for Nobel Peace Prize for H.E. PM Imran Khan.https://t.co/1lI6hL9bGx
¡ª Baseer A. Piracha (@baseerpiracha) 1 March 2019
#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan
#7https://t.co/lF0gvuD5El: Nomination of Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Imran Ahmed Khan for the Nobel Peace Prize - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/ExI8RTP93L via @Change
¡ª Muhammad Yaseen (@yaseenpahore) 1 March 2019
#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan Ambassador for Peace ?
¡ª Shahid (@ShahidBannuzai) 1 March 2019
Ambassador for humanity
Man of big heart
Man of Kindness pic.twitter.com/ehZy36PLdV
Mr Prime Minister I am so proud of you releasing the Indian pilot. It's show you are extra ordinary leader and you deserve for Nobel prize for peace. https://t.co/1kf126Nw5r
¡ª Jawed Qadri Lajpal (@JLajpal) 1 March 2019