Pakistan may be onto its third Oscar win with 'The Big Sick'!

According to Nanjiani, “It’s important for kids to see themselves in the stuff they watch. But more than that, I think it’s important that people from different points of view are behind the camera telling the stories, writing them, directing them."

He broke the news by updating this status:

https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/955811042587688960

Nanjiani received an overwhelmingly positive response on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/rez512/status/955812236391518208

https://twitter.com/JulianEkka/status/955812323469545473

https://twitter.com/RobertBuscemi/status/955836571080470528

This may be Pakistan's third Oscar win since Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy won hers in the Best Documentary-Short Subject Category.