ISLAMABAD(National Times)- The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan has released a list of 500 most influential figures in the Muslim world, in which Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir have been jointly given the first position.

According to the current list, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are also jointly ranked first. For the first time, five personalities have been jointly selected for the first position in the list.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also among the five most influential figures in the Muslim world, while Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is fourth on the list, Jordan’s King Abdullah II is fifth, and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is sixth.

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Moroccan King Mohammed VI are also included in the list of influential Muslim figures.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa are also included in the list.

Renowned Pakistani religious scholars Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani and Maulana Tariq Jameel are also among the 500 influential figures. The list also names Dr Hossam Abu Safia, former head of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, as the male figure of the year, while Fatima Zahra Sheikhabadi, a student who survived a school attack in the Iranian city of Minab, as the female figure of the year.