It was impossible but brother has made it possible. Only
brother could have done it," said his brother Shawnawaz Rasool.

Faisal has all along been a bright student. He topped his Class 10 exams and
did his MBBS from the Srinagar medical college. After qualifying the prelims
last year, he went to Delhi to attend coaching classes. Besides this, Faisal
has also been an active member of the RTI movement in Jammu & Kashmir.

( Courtesy: NDTV )

Dad killed by ultras, doctor from Kashmir
tops IAS

By Joel Joseph & M
Saleem Pandit, TNN,

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: He comes from a remote village in Kupwara district of
strife-torn Kashmir and studied in a village school. Eight years ago, his father
was gunned down by militants. But Dr Shah Faisal, a 26-year-old MBBS, has fought
the odds and won. On Thursday, Faisal becamewords, says, "Faisal has
made every Kashmiri proud with his hard work and dedication."

Her husband, she says, was killed because he refused shelter to militants.
Ironically, it was the tragedy that opened a window to the wider world for the
family. "After the killing, I shifted from village Sheikh Nar in Lolab Sogam
area of Kupwara to Srinagar with my children ^ two sons and a daughter. My elder
son Shah Faisal had done his class X from Sogam high school while my two other
children were in middle school there. I was a broken woman but never gave up and
fought against all odds to bring up my children," says Mubeena, a teacher, like
her husband.

Faisal, who did his MBBS from Srinagar's Sher-i-Kashmir Medical College, says he
was confident of qualifying but never imagined he would