LAHORE: Boys clinched the overall top three positions in the results of the 2016 annual intermediate examination (Part-I & II) as the Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) announced names of all position holders on Friday.

The prizes/awards to position holders would be distributed at Aiwan-i-Iqbal on Saturday (today).

BISE chairman Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail announced position holders’ names at a press conference.

Ubaidullah Muhammad Naeem of Wapda Town obtained 1,054 marks out of 1,100, clinching the overall first position in the exam. Usman Khalid bagged the second position by obtaining 1,052 marks. Three candidates, namely Ahmad Zia, Sibghatullah Anwar and Muhammad Umar Hassan, shared the third position, obtaining equal marks 1,045 each.

In pre-engineering group (boys), Ubaidullah Muhammad Naeem, Usman Khalid and Ahmad Zia were declared first, second and third, respectively.

Sibghatullah Anwar remained topper in her pre-engineering group (among girls) by securing 1,045 marks while Manahil Raza and Michelle Akaishi secured second and third positions in the group by getting 1,041 and 1,039 marks, respectively.

In pre-medical group (boys), Muhammad Umar Hassan and Tajamal Hayat secured first and second positions with 1,045 and 1,042 marks, respectively while Hafiz Sohail Ashraf and Tauseefur Rehman shared the third position by getting 1,041 marks.

Ruhma Malik and Dania Jamil secured first and second positions in pre-medical group (girls) by obtaining 1,043 and 1,042 marks while Maleeha Zubair Chawla, Dur-e-Najaf and Ainul Haq shared the third position by attaining equal marks of 1,041.

In general science group (boys), Hamzah Baig, Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad and Muhammad Zaid stood first, second and third by getting 1,022, 1,020 and 1,017 marks, respectively while Khadija Kamran, Amna Iqbal and Sameen Mehtab secured all three top positions among girls in the same group by getting 1,022, 1,015 and 1,014 marks, respectively.

Muahmmad Haris, Muhammad Umar and Syed Muneeb Ali and Kiran Ejaz, Esha Fatima and Afnan Zubair separately bagged top three positions in commerce group (boys and girls). In humanities group Shah Nawaz, Rayyan Abdul Khaliq and Muhammad Ashiq got top positions among boys and Lubna Bunyad, Ume Laila and Rimza Kanwal bagged remained first, second and third, respectively among girls.

The results mentioned that a majority of the position holders studied in the private educational institutions. Students of only three public sector institutions, Government College University, Kinnaird College for Women and Queen Marry College also got positions in the intermediate results in various groups.

Talking to Dawn, top position holder Ubaidullah Naeem said he wanted to go in the field of computer science/engineering.

“I want to discourage hackers by preparing some unique security software that could stop every hacker,” he added.

Ruhma Malik and Nadia Jamil said they had already cleared the Medical College Entrance Test (MCAT).

“My aggregate shows my percentage as over 91. I am sure of my admission to the King Edward Medical University (KEMU),” said Nadia.

Ruhma also claimed she would surely get admission to the KEMU.

“I belong to Shakargarh. I had just shifted to Lahore alone for studies and I succeeded in achieving my target,” she added.

Published in Dawn, September 17th, 2016