new delhi the image of atal bihari vajpayee sitting in a bus passing through the gates of wagah border will remain entrenched as one of the most endearing images of indopakistan relationsthe bus diplomacy won vajpayee massive accolades on both sides of the border so much so that the then prime minister of pakistan nawaz sharif had said that vajpayee could easily win an election in his countryalbeit the ups and downs in the relations between the two nations vajpayees popularity in pakistan remained steadfastfondly remembered as the indian prime minister who travelled to lahore by bus vajpayee was idolized in pakistan as a sincere peacemakerfollowing the news of his death pmdesignate imran khan was among the first to offer his condolencesatal bihari vajpayee was a tall political personality of the subcontinent his attempts for the betterment of indiapakistan relationship will always be remembered mr vajpayee even as a foreign minister took responsibility of improving indiapakistan ties khan saidpmln leader and the brother of former prime minister nawaz sharif shehbaz sharif said that india has lost a leader whose services to regional peace will be remembered for a long timemushahid hussain who was a minister in the then pm nawaz sharifs cabinet in 1999 said that vajpayee was the only indian leader who had the vision will and moral courage to walk the talkjournalist omar r quraishi said that the late leader will be remembered for moves towards economic reform and his determination to pursue a peace process with neighbouring pakistanpmln mna maiza hameed said that vajpayee was one of the few men in the world whose experience was surpassed only by his genuine wisdombroadcast journalist amir mateen referred to the late leader using words like statesman and towering pmand he definitely made an effort for indiapakistan peace but we failed him rip he tweetedjournalist mehr tarar said that vajpayee wished india and pakistan to move beyond the bloodied history and be friendsanother journalist nasim zehra remembered vajpayee as a visionary and courageous politicianthe fact that atal bihari vajpayee was the top trends on twitter in pakistan for over seven hours following the news of his demise is a reason enough to believe that he was not only respected and admired by pakistans political class but also by its people