KARACHI, May 12: A 19-year old Pakistani student, Owais M Idris, has been declared the youngest-ever graduate of the University of Michigan Flint, USA. Owais Idris who hails from Karachi, was prominent among 476 fellow graduates at a graduation ceremony held at Perani Arena.

Idris was born in Pakistan and later moved to Canada before his father, Mohammad Idris, a General Motors employee, moved to Michigan. He was enrolled as a full-time student at Mott Community College before passing a semester in early 2002 from Grand Blanc High School. He also took classes at Oakland Community College.

He has graduated as the youngest ever student with a 3.7 graduate-point average. —APP