AMMAN (Kashmir English): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir have been named among the World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims for 2025.
The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC) in Jorfan has released the 2025 edition of The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims.
It features 500 muslims shaping the global Muslim community across politics, religion, culture, technology, science, and social life.
Other than PM Shehbaz and Field Marshal Asim Munir, religious scholar Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani has been named the second most influential Muslim figure in 2025, while Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani was placed in the first position.
Other prominent figures from Pakistan on the list include Maulana Tariq Jameel, Tablighi Jamaat Ameer Maulana Nazar-ur-Rehman, and Dawat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Ilyas Qadri.
Other influential figures from Pakistan include Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman, journalist Hamid Mir, Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Dr. Umar Saif, Malala Yousafzai, Professor Atta-ur-Rehman, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Abida Parveen, Muhammad Owais Raza Qadri, and Salman Iqbal.
Prominent names in the top 50 include Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traoré.
Similarly, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Turkish Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin, Palestinian leader Khaled Meshaal, and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa are also part of the list.
