GUJRANWALA (Special Correspondent): Chairperson of the Educational Board Engineer Dr. Aqsa Shabbir organized a special ceremony to honor Zeenat Atiq-ur-Rehman, a visually impaired student who set a unique record in the history of the Gujranwala Board by scoring 552 out of 600 marks in the Intermediate Part-I Arts Group examinations. During the event, the student was presented with cash prizes and encouragement. The Chairperson of the Board also facilitated a direct telephone call between Zeenat and Provincial Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat. Appreciating her remarkable talent, the Provincial Education Minister presented her with cash prizes and a laptop, while assuring support for her future education alongside a promised meeting with the Chief Minister of Punjab.
The bright student was specially invited to the Board Office following the media report, arriving with her mother to attend the honor ceremony arranged by the board administration. Remarkably, Zeenat achieved her outstanding position in the 11th-grade annual examination 2026 under the Gujranwala Board despite severe infrastructural limitations. Gujranwala city offers special education facilities for visually impaired children only up to the middle school level, lacking any high school or college institutions dedicated to visually impaired students. Despite these hurdles, Zeenat studied alongside sighted female students in a regular government college and secured a top position through sheer determination.