services examination, six candidates from Jammu and Kashmir have made
it to the country's premier Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
list this year.
The final selection list was released by the UPSC on Wednesday.
For the first time, a female candidate - Ovessa Iqbal - from the
Ladakh region has made it to the list.
Three people from the Kashmir Valley -- Abid Hussain Sadiq, Gulzar
Ahmad Wani and Syed Abid Rashid -- and two belonging to the Jammu
region -- Sarvjeet Soodan and Muhammad Aijaz -- have also cracked the
civil services exam this year.
Sadiq, who belongs to the uptown Hyderpora locality of summer capital
Srinagar, said all the credit for his success goes to his family who
encouraged him to take the examination.
It must be mentioned that because of the over 20-year-long separatist
violence in the state, education and competitive selections had taken
a beating as the functioning of schools, colleges and universities
across the valley got affected.
Last year, Shah Faesal, a doctor, whose father had been killed by
separatist guerrillas in the frontier district of Kupwara during the
high point of violence, braved all odds and topped the All India Civil
Services Exam in 2009.
"It was the singular achievement of Shah Faesal that opened the gates
of hope for the IAS (Indian Administrative Service) aspirants in
Kashmir. If a village boy could win laurels, why couldn't others?"
said Munir-ul-Islam, a local assistant commissioner who joined the
state civil services in 1999.
"This is a great inspiration and the results are there for everybody
to see," he added. IANS
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