Prime Minister Imran Khan crosses 10 million followers on Facebook

Prime Minister Imran Khan now has more than 10 million followers on his Facebook page. By crossing the 10 million mark, Khan now ranks among the most followed Pakistani politicians on the social media platform. 

Back in July, a study was published according to which Khan emerged as the ninth most followed world leader on microblogging site Twitter, registering a 22 per cent growth in followers on his official account. 

The 2020 study by Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW) — a public relations and communications firm — focused on tweets by world leaders during the coronavirus pandemic, monitored their reach and the overall flow of accurate information.

US President Donald Trump was reported to be the most followed world leader with more than 81 million followers while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came second ahead of Pope Francis who has 51 million followers on his nine different language accounts.

Aside from that, the Khan  was also named among Time magazine’s '100 Most Influential People' of 2019. “Pakistan is at a critical crossroads, and the man in charge is the closest it has to a rock star,” journalist Ahmed Rashid wrote about the prime minister in the magazine’s special issue.

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