Dailytimes | 500 most influential Muslims of world

ISLAMABAD: Renowned educationist, student counselor, teaching and learning innovator and classrooms entrepreneur of PakistanChaudhry Faisal Mushtaq has been included in the list of the 500 most influential Muslim personalities for the third consecutive year.

Acknowledging his immense popularity and growing influence among Pakistani youth, the world's leading research organization Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordon has included him in its list for the third year.

Chief Executive Roots Millennium Schools Faisal Mushtaq's name has been included in the list in view of his growing popularity among classrooms and communities, the citation reads. "Mr Mushtaq has excelled at providing a quality education for millions of people, an initiative that has occupied sixteen years of his life. He encourages academic excellence, student achievement, social entrepreneurship, and opportunity for all. He currently works in the capacity of Chief Executive of Roots Millennium Schools in Pakistan and a member of many of the government's committees on education. He has helped students from various backgrounds fulfill their dreams of getting into top universities worldwide. An attendee of the World Economic Forum, he is one of Pakistan's youngest Presidential national award winners of the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz and was voted as the best young entrepreneur of 2011 by the Prime Minister of Pakistan," it adds.

The other personalities from Muslim world include Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz, Sheikh Abdul Rehman al Sudais, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Sheikh Muhammad Bin Nayef, Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Dr Shirin Ebadi, Muqtada al-Sadr, Sheikh Yusuf al Qaradawi, Sultan Qaboos, Mahmoud Abbas, Ashraf Ghani, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Sheikh Hasina Wajid, Hassan Nasrallah, Khaled Mashal, Dr Muhmmad Yunus, Muhammed Fethullah Gülen, Sayeeda Warsi and Sami Yusuf. This recognition comes from the King of Jordan's council which recognizes the most influential Muslims of the World. Recently Faisal Mushtaq has also been awarded as the "Best Educationist of the Year" by the President of Pakistan and "Best Young Entrepreneur" for the year 2011 by the Prime Minister of Pakistan.