Pakistan vows to honour hero who died trying to stop Christchurch gunman

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says a citizen who died trying to stop a gunman who killed 50 people at two Christchurch mosques will get a national award.

Naeem Rashid was awarded the New Zealand Cross for Bravery posthumously. Source: Supplied

A Pakistani citizen who was killed as he tried to tackle the Christchurch mosques' attacker will receive a national award, Prime Minister Imran Khan says.

"Pakistan is proud of Mian Naeem Rashid who was martyred trying to tackle the White Supremacist terrorist & his courage will be recognized with a national award," Khan said on Twitter.

Naeem Rashid is being remembered as a hero. He is said to have tried to tackle the gunman after his son, Talha, was shot dead. Source: Supplied

A total of 50 people were killed in Friday's New Zealand shooting by a self-described white supremacist, who live-streamed the terror attack on Facebook.

Rashid, who can be seen in the video trying to tackle the gunman, was killed along with his son.

"We stand ready to extend all our support to the families of Pakistani victims of the terrorist attack in Christchurch," Khan said.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has played down calls from the Pakistan's National Assembly Secretariat for him to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Source: (AFP File Photo)

At least nine Pakistanis including a woman have been killed in the attacks, foreign office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Sunday.

Rashid and his son will be buried in Christchurch.

Khan was one of the first world leaders to condemn the attack on Friday.

"This reaffirms what we have always maintained: that terrorism does not have a religion," Khan wrote on Twitter on Friday.

"I blame these increasing terror attacks on the current Islamophobia post-9/11 where Islam & 1.3 bn Muslims have collectively been blamed for any act of terror by a Muslim," he added.