PESHAWAR
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Haji Ghulam Ali here Friday arranged a ceremony to give cash prizes among to top three gold medalist of Khyber Girls Medical College (KGMC).
The ceremony was also attended by Mayor Peshawar, Haji Zubair Ali, Vice Dean KGMC, Professor Amir Muhammad, faculty members, students and parents of gold medalist students.
The governor gave cash prizes to three students of KGMC including Tasneem Zehra of Upper Dir who won gold medal in session of 2017-18, Mahnosh Saleh winner of gold medal in session of 2018-19 and Ayesha Iqbal who was on top in 2019-20.
Ten students of merged districts including four girl students of Mohmand, two of South Waziristan, and one student each from Khyber, Bajaur, North Waziristan and Frontier Region Peshawar were also given prizes. Cash assistance was also given to forty class IV employees of KGMC.
Addressing the ceremony, governor congratulated students and their parents expressing hope that new doctors would tirelessly work for betterment of ailing community with passion and professionalism.
He also urged young doctors to focus research and find cure of those diseases that are so far incurable. He said that girls should also utilize their capabilities and come forward compete in new fields of medicine.
Governor said that number of girl students in every institution is a proof that there are equally competent and capable to prove their mettle in fields that were considered domain of men in past.
