KARACHI: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) announced Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC), or intermediate, pre-medical Part-II examination results on Saturday.

Sharing details of the results, BIEK chairman Prof Saeeduddin said that some 22,219 candidates registered for the exams for which 21,950 actually appeared while 20,637 passed bringing the passing percentage to 94.02.

The number of those who passed with an ‘A-1’ grade was 4,686, with 2,795 getting an ‘A’ grade. Some 2,913 got a ‘B’, 3,800 got a ‘C’, 4,798 got a ‘D’ and 1,845 passed with an ‘E’ grade.

He said that according to the merit list, one student has topped the exam while two came second with identical marks and five secured third position by bagging the same marks. Hence, as many as eight students took the top three positions.

Ayla Ali of BAMM PECHS College for Women earned 1,059 marks from a total of 1,100 to stand first with an ‘A-1’ grade.

Syed Hasan Ali of DJ Sindh Government Science College and Aqsa Abid of PECHS College secured second position with identical 1,058 marks.

The five students who shared the third position with all getting 1,057 marks each were Sarah Imran and Fariha Bint-i-Mohammed Arif of Khatoon-i-Pakistan Degree College for Women, Ayesha Pervaiz Malik of Government Degree Boys and Girls College SRI III, Jawad Ishtiaq and Alina Batool of Aga Khan Higher Secondary School and PECHS College, respectively.

Published in Dawn, November 21st, 2021