Pak student Zara Naeem tops global accountancy exam
LAHORE: Pakistani student Zara Naeem has earned an honour for her country by scoring the highest marks in the world in the global professional accountancy exam conducted by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ( ACCA).
The ACCA qualification is considered the gold standard in accountancy; 527,000 students from 179 countries took part in the exam. With the achievement in this exam, conducted in December 2020, Zara won an important award for Pakistan.
Zara, a resident of Lahore, thanked the nation for this encouragement and appreciation. She especially thanked her father for her success, the education, training, and encouragement she was provided.
The ACCA Pakistan congratulated her on her achievement in an official tweet and said, “Pakistani students continue to make proud by impressing the world with their excellent exam performance in the global professional accountancy exams conducted by the ACCA.”
A Government of Pakistan official also commended her in an official tweet and said, “A very proud moment for Pakistan as Zara Naeem has been declared the global prizewinner for scoring the highest marks in ACCA.”
Zara credited this success to her father who’s always encouraged all the girls in the family to pursue their dreams and smash all artificial barriers.
Zara has said that her father is a military officer and he is her real hero. Zara said on her Instagram account that she has seen her father rise to the heights of his career and that is why he is an important beacon for her.
Recently, Punjab Council of the arts started talent hunt programme 2021 to promote hidden talent in the youth of Punjab.
District, Divisional and Province levels competition will be held in the field of Singing, instruments playing, fine Arts, crat, Literature, Short Story Writing, and short film making.
District Level completion in Rawalpindi District will be held on Feb.24 at the Punjab Arts Council, while Divisional level competition will start from March 10.
Winners of District level competition will compete at division. Crat and Short Film making competition will be held on divisional basis only.
Feb.22 is the last date for registration in Talent Hunt Programme 2021.