The slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is on the shortlist for Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2018, the publication proclaimed on Monday.

Besides Khashoggi, prominent world figures likewise feature in the list including United States President Donald Trump, Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Anadolu News Agency reported.
The Time said that Khashoggi was a "prolific commentator and critic of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman."

"Believed to have been murdered on the orders of the Crown Prince, his death prompted international outcry and scrutiny of the Saudi regime," the magazine added.

Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist, went missing on October 2 after entering Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul to collect documents which would permit him to marry fiancee Hatice Cengiz. His fiancee, who was waiting outside the consulate, raised an alarm after Khashoggi failed to appear from the consulate.

After a couple of weeks, Riyadh accepted the fact that the group of 15 Saudi "rogue" agents killed Khashoggi, leading to an international furor and complicating the already delicate relations between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the U.S. The U.S. officials believe that Khashoggi's murder was ordered by the Saudi crown prince.

-Sowmya Sangam