LAHORE – Imran Khan has been declared among the world’s most admired peoplein 2018, according to an annual study compiled by YouGov.

Imran Khan was number 20 among the most admired men in the world.

The list features a total of 40 people: 20 men and 20 women, all of whomare chosen as a result of online interviews with more than 37,000 people in35 countries.

Bill Gates and Angelina Jolie topped the world’s most admired people list.The Microsoft founder and Hollywood actor-turned-humanitarian have toppedthe list every year since 2015.

Number two on the male list is former US president Barack Obama followed byactor Jackie Chan and Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Meanwhile, on the women’s list, Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey are numbertwo and three respectively.

The most admirable women list mostly featured women from the entertainmentindustry with 14 of them being actresses, singers or TV presenters.Bollywood actresses Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukonewere also on the list along with Emma Watson, Taylor Swift, Madonna, LiuYifei and Gal Gadot from Hollywood.