Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

AFZAL GURU’S SON, BURHAN’S BROTHER CLEAR CLASS 12 EXAMS

- Abhishek Saha letters@hindustant­imes.com

SRINAGAR: The son of Afzal Guru, Parliament attack convict who was executed in 2013, secured 88.2%, while the younger brother of slain Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani scored 77.4% in the Class 12 board examinatio­ns in Kashmir, whose results were declared on Thursday.

Both Galib Guru and Naveed Aalam, who took the exam in science stream, secured distinctio­n in the exam conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Examinatio­n (JKBOSE).

Ghalib scored 86 in English, 87 in physics, 89 in chemistry, 85 in biology and 94 in environmen­tal science. Aalam scored 68 in English, 86 in physics, 76 in chemistry, 79 in biology and 78 in environmen­tal science.

“Whenever a student scores high marks in a big exam, he wants to see the smile on his parents’ face. I missed my father the most today but the smile on my mother’s face compensate­d for that,” Ghalib said.

He added that he wants to pursue medicine and is preparing for NEET. His father Afzal had enrolled himself at a medical college in Jammu and Kashmir but did not complete the degree.

Ghalib made news two years ago when he scored an impressive 95% in the Class 10 exams conducted by JKBOSE.

According to JKBOSE, 33,893 of the 55,163 candidates qualified the exam held in November last year and more girls (64.31%) passed the exam compared to boys (58.92%).

 ??  ?? Afzal Guru’s son Galib Guru.
Afzal Guru’s son Galib Guru.

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