30 Muslims out of 998 successful UPSC candidates

New Delhi (TwoCircles): Of the total 998 successful candidates in the final list of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations, only 30 Muslims could make it to this year’s result. The number of Muslim candidates is almost the same as last few years. The written part of Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2012 was held in October, 2012 and the interviews for Personality Test were conducted by the UPSC in March-April, 2013. The final result was posted on the official’s website of the UPSC on Friday. Of the 30 successful Muslim candidates selected for the most sought after UPSC posts, four have made it to the list of top 100. Their names are: Syed Sehrish Asgar (Rank 23), Showkat Ahmad Parray (Rank 41), Khursheed Ali Qadri (Rank 95) And Jafar Malik (Rank 97). The selected UPSC candidates are recommended for various government posts which include Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and several other allied services. Although Muslims comprise 13.4% of total population, they are dismally represented in the top government services, often due to lack of education and available resources. They are roughly 2% in the civil services. In 2012, too 30 Muslims were selected, while in 2011, 31 Muslims were among the 920 successful candidates. In 2010, only 21 Muslims had made to the final list out of 875 successful candidates, although Dr. Shah Faisal from Kashmir had topped that year. In 2009, 31 were Muslims out of total 791 successful candidates. This year more number of total candidates, 998 in all, has been selected, but the number of Muslim candidates has almost remained the same. The performance of successful Muslim candidates is almost same in numbers if compared with the results of last few years. In 2009, a total of 31 Muslims were in the list of 791 successful candidates. Though percentage wise it shows a marginal decline.

S.NO.	ROLL NO	NAME
1	035545	SYED    SEHRISH ASGAR
2	066391	SHOWKAT    AHMAD PARRAY
3	182909	KHURSHEED    ALI QADR
4	038816	JAFAR    MALIK
5	283801	ZEESHAN    QAMER
6	377310	WASEEM    AKRAM
7	208999	ADNAN    NAYEEM ASMI
8	146557	SHAMA    PARVEEN
9	393751	TOUFEL    TAHIR
10	090198	UMME    FARDINA ADIL
11	094382	NAVEED    TRUMBOO
12	114902	MAZID    KHAN
13	018620	SADDIK    AHMED
14	029247	ABID    HUSSAIN SADIQ
15	308901	ANSARI    SHAKEEL AHMED
16	004438	AMANULLAH    TAK
17	079922	YASSER    ARAFAT F A
18	231299	DANISH    ABDULLAH
19	200407	HASAN    AHMED
20	108770	MD    MUSTAQUE
21	133654	MD    SALIK PARWAIZ
22	010166	MOHAMMAD    SUHAIL FAZAL
23	017847	MOONA    YASMIN
24	425714	NAIKWADI    PARVEZ FATTULAL
25	060296	RUVEDA    SALAM
26	223489	HAMMAD    ZAFAR
27	008274	IFTAKHAR    AHMED CHOWDHRY
28	150058	ANEES    C
29	038236	AKIL    BAKSHI
30	079922	YASSER    ARAFAT F A