QUETTA: Surmounting all odds, Maria Shimon, daughter of a Quetta-based driver, has topped the Balochistan Public Service Commission (PSX) exam for Assistant Commissioner.
Maria Shimon, who belongs to Christian community, is now determined to use the milestone as a stepping-stone towards providing her parents with a life of comfort.
Talking to a private news channel, the girl said she was ecstatic to have secured the first rank in the examination. “Despite low income, my parents have spared no effort to educate their eight children,” she added.
Maria said she was proud of her father and homemaker mother who never allowed money to come in the way of her academic pursuit.
“It would not have been possible without their support and blessings. My parents always motivated me. I would now want my parents, who did so much for me, to live a life of comfort,” the Christian girl concluded.
Last year, Parkash Kumar, son of a poor mason, secured first position in Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) in Sindh and stood fourth throughout the country.
Kumar, a student of a government school in the coastal district of Badin, stood first among the 7,797 students in Sindh and fourth among the record 194,133 students appearing in MDCAT held from August to October.
Born in a remote village Kharyo Ghulam Shah some 30 km from Islamkot city of sand-swept Tharparkar district, he migrated with his father, Chando Mal, and rest of the family to Ghulab Laghari, a small town of Badin district adjacent to Tharparkar district some 15 years ago.
His father hardly earns Rs1,200 per day but supports all his kids to get better education. “We moved to this town to get some good income,” Kumar said. “We live in a rented house but my father wants me to get education,” he added.
