Pakistanis start petition to get Imran Khan a Nobel Prize.

Highlight: Pakistani citizens are demanding a Nobel Peace Prize for the country's Prime Minister Imran Khan for releasing captured Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot as a "gesture of peace".

Pakistan information minister Fawad Choudhry on Saturday submitted a motion in the National Assembly Secretariat, calling for a Noble Peace Prize for Imran Khan. 

Pakistanis have filed a petition with almost 2,00,000 signatures and took to Twitter with the hashtag #NobelPeacePrizeForImranKhan.

Pakistani citizens and their government think the release of IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was an act of gesture, despite the Geneva convention preventing the government from harming the Commander. They also added that the release of the IAF pilot helped de-escalate rising tensions between the two nations.

There are thousands of fresh tweets from Pakistanis, who have demanded a Nobel Peace Prize for the cricketer-turned-politician for his efforts to restore peace with India.