Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan currently incarcerated, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the second time. This year, members of the Pakistan World Alliance (PWA) – an advocacy group founded last December, announced the nomination of Khan for his work with human rights and democracy in Pakistan.
“We are pleased to announce on behalf of Partiet Sentrum that in alliance with somebody with the right to nominate, have nominated Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, to the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with human rights and democracy in Pakistan,” Partiet Sentrum said on X. The advocacy group PWA belonging to the Norwegian political party Partiet Sentrum announced the nomination of Khan on Monday.
Back in 2019, Khan was nominated for the coveted prize for his supposed efforts to de-escalate tensions with India and a resolution in connection with his endorsement was submitted in Pakistan Parliament. The resolution had said that Khan’s decision of releasing Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, held captive in February 2019 when his plane was shot down inside Pakistani territory during the Balakot airstrikes, de-escalated the hostility between Pakistan and India.
However, Khan said he was not worthy of the Nobel Peace prize and had written on X, “The person worthy of this would be the one who solves the Kashmir dispute according to the wishes of the Kashmiri people and paves the way for peace & human development in the subcontinent.”
The founder and former chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is currently serving multiple jail terms over conviction in multiple cases. Khan has been lodged at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi since mid-2023. The PTI has been at loggerheads with the federal government since the general elections in February 2024 and protests have erupted in the country multiple times.
In January this year, Khan was sentenced to 14 years in prison in a case related to the misuse of authority and corruption.
Out of the multiple cases in which Khan got entangled, three convictions related to selling state gifts, leaking state secrets and unlawful marriage were overturned or suspended by courts.
Innumerable nominations pile up before the Norwegian Nobel Committee and they select the winner through a lengthy-eight month process. (Indian Express)
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