Pakistan's very own stand-up comedian Saad Haroon managed to bag the second position in the finals of Laugh Factory's Funniest Person in the World competition.

The winners were determined via an online voting system. Voting started on October 24 and continued until October 27, during which Ismo Leikola from Finland managed to secure 158,945 votes, making him the competition's winner, whereas Haroon was the runner-up with 59,213 votes.

There were five finalists which included Mustapha El Atrassi from France who came in third, Nitin Mirani from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who came in fourth and lastly, Archie from Spain.

Saad is been behind many of the firsts in Pakistan: the first ever Pakistani improvisational comedy troupe 'BlackFish', his show The Real News being Pakistan's first ever English language comedy show and Saad Haroon: Very Live was Pakistan's first ever solo English language stand-up comedy tour which was also adapted into a television series of the same name.

Haroon thanked fans for their support and expressed his gratitude on his Facebook page: