25/07/2017
Muhammad Haroon Tariq (born Kohat, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan) is a Pakistani student, notable for making seven world records by getting a total of 87 A grades. He is regarded as one of the brightest students in Pakistan’s history mainly because of his recent achievements in GCE Advanced Level, GCE Ordinary Level and IGCSE. He has 30 A grades in GCE Advanced Level, 29 A grades in IGCSE and 28 A grades in GCE Ordinary Level. He passed his GCE Advanced Level from Froebel's International School Islamabad in Pakistan.
Haroon’s GCE Advanced Level result was taken up by the International media. He was interviewed by or quoted in a number of newspapers and TV channels including BBC, CNN, NBC, Saudi Gazette, The Asian Today, Geo News, The News Tribe, Express News (Pakistan), Dunya News, Dawn News, Geo Entertainment, The Tribune, Aaj News, Jang Group of Newspapers, The Express Tribune, PTV News, Samaa TV, ARY News, ATV (Pakistan), PTV Home, Abb Takk News, Capital TV (Pakistan), Roze News, Khyber News and A-Plus Entertainment among others. He was called by BBC World News as “Pakistan’s Brianiest Student”.
Haroon Tariq was given a number of awards, including the National Book Ambassador Pakistan which is one of the highest honours in Pakistan. Haroon was congratulated personally by the President of Pakistan. President Mamnoon Hussain invited him as a guest to rendezvous with him. He was invited by Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Rashad Mahmood to congratulate him on his monumental achievement. Imran Khan came to Haroon Tariq's school to congratulate him and encouraged the youth of Pakistan to follow in Haroon Tariq's footsteps.
