Twitter demands a Nobel Prize for Imran Khan after US Afghan peace deal

The #NobelPeacePrizeforImranKhan was trending on Twitter following the US-Taliban peace deal

In wake of the historic deal between the US and Taliban to bring peace in Afghanistan, a wave of tweets  calling for Prime Minister Imran Khan to be nominated for Nobel Peace prize have flooded the internet.

Given that the  peace deal signed on Saturday was brokered and facilitated by Pakistan, many believe that the PM should be recognised for his efforts internationally. The #NobelPeacePrizeforImranKhan became a top trend on Twitter over the weekend as a result.

#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan
Thanks Imran Khan. Your vision comes true. You have said this before 19 years that only talks with the Talibans will help in the peace process instead of the war. May Allah bless you with a long and healthy life. Ameen pic.twitter.com/A1RoB4obPL

— Adeel Taj Awan (@AdeelTajAwan1) March 2, 2020

#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan for the efforts for #AfghanPeaceDeal
And for the vision he had 19 years before this deal

— Shaheryar Toseef (@ShaheryarToseef) March 2, 2020

#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan
He has made history making role to make the world realize that PEACE IS THE ULTIMATE WINNER OF LONG STANDING WARS AND NOT WAR FOR WAR! E call the world Organizations to recommend him for the Nobel peace award! He is making history!

— Hamid M. Sandhu (@sandhu_hamid) March 1, 2020

https://twitter.com/M_junaid_Ayub/status/1234245449286127618

Many went on to point out that  it was Imran Khan that first suggested that the US should settle it's issues with Taliban peacefully.

#NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan IK was the first person to suggest table talk not war...

— Kifayat Khan PTI (@findkifayat) March 1, 2020

The Punjab  Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar also expressed the same sentiments as he credited Imran Khan as the only leader who has been striving for peace in the region. “The prime minister is the only political leader who had been opposing war in the region,” Sarwar said.

The governor expressed these views while calling for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Prime Minister Imran Khan, in recognition of his role in the Afghan peace process, in a media statement issued on Sunday.

By all standards, he deserves the Nobel Prize, he added. “PM Imran Khan sent a message of peace to the international community last year by setting a captured Indian pilot free, although India had been promoting war hysteria.”

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