PM Imran khan has became most popular leader on twitter

US President Donald Trump stands on the first position with 65.3 million followers, followed by Modi on the second spot with 50.6 million

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has become the sixth most popular world leader on Twitter, boasting 10.5 million followers on the micro-blogging platform, four spots behind his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

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The development comes following his September 27 speech at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) where he raised the Kashmir issue, Geo News reported on Tuesday.

As of right now, US President Donald Trump stands on the first position with 65.3 million followers, followed by Modi on the second spot with 50.6 million, and Pope Francis with 18.1 million followers.

Khan’s Twitter following has grown at a rapid pace in the past few months.

In April this year, the former cricketer-turned-politician was the ninth most followed world leader on the social media platform with 9.4 million followers.