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23 August 2024 at 4:29:04 pm

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Central Industrial Security Force’s contingent marches during rain-affected full-dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on Friday. School students run with the national flag as they take part in a Republic Day rehearsal at the Manekshaw Parade Ground in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Friday. A woman offers prayers on the occasion of ‘Basant Panchami’ amid the ongoing ‘Magh Mela’ festival at Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on Friday. Bollywood actor Kriti Sanon at an event in...

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Central Industrial Security Force’s contingent marches during rain-affected full-dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on Friday. School students run with the national flag as they take part in a Republic Day rehearsal at the Manekshaw Parade Ground in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Friday. A woman offers prayers on the occasion of ‘Basant Panchami’ amid the ongoing ‘Magh Mela’ festival at Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on Friday. Bollywood actor Kriti Sanon at an event in Mumbai on Friday. Tourists walk through a market area amid snowfall in Manali, Himachal Pradesh on Friday.

Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

  • PTI
  • Mar 31, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Apr 1, 2025


Imran Khan

Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts for human rights and democracy.


Members of the Pakistan World Alliance (PWA) 'an advocacy group founded last December' who also belong to the Norwegian political party Partiet Sentrum, announced the nomination of Khan, 72.


"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 on Sunday.


In 2019, Khan was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to promote peace in South Asia.


Every year, the Norwegian Nobel Committee receives hundreds of nominations after which they select the winner through a lengthy eight-month process, The Express Tribune reported.


Khan, also the founder of Pakistan's main opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, has been incarcerated since August 2023.


This January, Khan was sentenced to 14 years in prison in a case related to the misuse of authority and corruption.


It was the fourth major case in which the former premier has been convicted.


Three earlier convictions related to selling state gifts, leaking state secrets, and unlawful marriage were overturned or suspended by courts.


Khan lost power after a no-confidence vote in April 2022. He denies all charges against him, calling them politically motivated.

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