Pakistani citizens on Friday begun a campaign to confer the Nobel peace prize on their Prime Minister Imran Khan for his 'gesture of peace' as he announced on Thursday that his government plans to release captured Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
An online petition has already gathered more than 50 thousand signatures and on Friday, even before the captured Indian pilot has been released, the hashtag — #NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan — reached on the top Pakistan trends of Twitter. Around 22.6K tweets with the hashtag had been published at the time of writing of this article.
Imran's announcement has been described by many to have de-escalated the war-like situation between the neighbouring countries after the terror attack on CRPF convoy in Pulwama on February 14.
The petition said "his (Imran Khan's) aims of ensuring lasting peace in the region and discouraging revival of militarism should be recognized and greatly appreciated."
Give Imran khan Nobel peace prize @NobelPrize
— Furqan Shayk (@FurqanShayk) February 28, 2019
In A World Full of Modis Be like Imran khan...!!!
— VEENA MALIK (@iVeenaKhan) March 1, 2019
#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan#JummaMubarak
Make chai not war😂😂😂#FinalStrike#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan #PakistanLeadsWithPeace pic.twitter.com/oIBzGBPgyz
— 🍃Amjad🍃🍂Mxsod🍂 (@mXsood) March 1, 2019
#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan Ambassador for Peace 💐
— Shahid (@ShahidBannuzai) March 1, 2019
Ambassador for humanity
Man of big heart
Man of Kindness pic.twitter.com/ehZy36PLdV
Politician think about the Next ELECTION , while A Statesman think about the Next GENERATION ☺#SayNoToWar#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan pic.twitter.com/faND7pHeFl
— Farid Khan PTI (@faridkhanpti) March 1, 2019
Man of strength, resilience & foresight. He is Pakistan's version of Woodrow Wilson. Nobel Peace Prize will get it's credibility back by being awarded to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.
— ESHA TARIQ SANI CHAUDHARY (@Eshaa_Tariq) March 1, 2019
Centuries await for a MAN like IK to be born✨#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan #PeaceNotWar pic.twitter.com/x2nSuGcP9P
Comedian Jeremy McLellan questioned whether former US President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize could be given to Imran Khan.
Can we take Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize away and give it to Imran Khan?
— Jeremy McLellan (@JeremyMcLellan) February 28, 2019
Interestingly, Tamil Nadu-originated trend #GoBackModi is also trending in Pakistan as a top 3rd trend. #PakistanLeadsWithPeace and #ThankYouImranKhan are other top trends.
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