Mustafa Hashmi of Hyderabad bags 162nd rank in UPSC exam, 22 Muslims declared successful
The number of Muslim candidates qualifying for it has further declined to a little over three percent (3%) with not a single figuring in the first hundred.
Hyderabad: Dr. Syed Mustafa Hashmi from Hyderabad has secured 162nd rank in the All India Civil Service (Union Public Service Commission) examination. A doctor by profession, Hashmi cracked the exam in his fourth attempt.
The result of the All India Civil Services exam has been declared by the Union Public Service Commission on Monday. Unfortunately, the number of Muslim candidates qualifying for it has further declined to a little over three percent (3%) with not a single figuring in the first hundred.
22 Muslims figured in the list of 685 candidates declared successful. According to The Dispatch, this is the worst performance of Muslim candidates in over a decade.
31 Muslims had made it to the Civil Services list in 2020 and 2021. In 2019, 42 Muslims had cracked the exam. In 2016 and 2017, which were the brightest years for Muslim students, 52 and 50 Muslims respectively, figured in the list of successful candidates.
Other Muslim candidates who made it to the elite civil services list this year are Areeba Noman – 109, Mohammad Saboor Khan – 125, Afnan Abdus Samad – 274, Arshad Mohammad – 276, Mohammad Saqib Alam – 279, Asrar Ahmed Kitchloo – 287, Mohammad Abdul Rauf Shaiq – 309, Nazish Umar Ansari – 344, Faisal Khan – 364, Shumaila Choudhary – 368, Mavis Tak – 386, Mohammad Qamar ud Din Khan – 414, Mohammad Shabir – 419, Faisal Raza – 441, Masoom Raza Khan – 457, Ashif A – 464, Tahseenbanu Dawadi – 483, Shaik Mohammad Zaib Zakir – 496, Mohammad Sidiq Sharief – 516, Mohammad Shaukhat Azeem – 545 and Anwar Hussain – 600.
