OKARA: The principal and staff of Okara’s sole government college said it was an honour for them that for the first time a student from their institution topped the BA exam.

They were delighted that Mansoor Ali of the arts group, the first position holder in the BA annual examination 2016, belonged to the Government Post-Graduate College (PGC), Okara.

Ali was awarded a cheque for Rs100,000 by PU Vice Chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran on Tuesday as well as a merit shield and certificate.

Dr Kamran also assured Ali that the PU will bear all his education expenses should he choose to study there in any discipline. Ali expressed his desire that he wished to get a masters degree in English and then sit the Central Superior Services exams.

PGC Principal Zafar Ali Tipu told the media that he and his staff had provided Ali with every facility, as his father ran a small grocery shop in their village Maroola Sharif, some 38km near river Ravi in the northeast of the city.

The principal and college staff also appealed to Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to help Ali complete his studies.

KILLED: A woman was shot dead allegedly by her husband on Tuesday.

Paras Bibi was visiting her parents in Thatta Baqar village when her husband Ali Ahmad went over to take her back on Tuesday morning.

The couple got into an argument when Ahmad got infuriated. He pulled out a gun and shot Paras dead, and fled from the scene.

Gogera Police Station registered a case.

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2016