LAHORE: The pass percentage in the 2026 Intermediate Part-I Annual Examination improved to 65.15 for the Multan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), while it stood at 60.03 for Lahore BISE, according to the results announced by the respective boards on Thursday.

Multan BISE recorded a significant improvement over the previous two years, when the pass percentage was 55.06 in 2024 and 57.46 in 2025.

According to Multan BISE Controller of Examinations Dr Imran Ahmed, 68,375 candidates appeared in the examinations out of the 69,854 who had submitted admission forms. Of them, 44,547 candidates passed the exam.

He says home economics recorded the highest pass rate of 92pc among the groups, followed by pre-medical at 78.25pc, pre-engineering at 76.45pc, commerce at 65.56pc, general science at 65.16pc and humanities at 53.34pc.

Female candidates outperformed male candidates, with a pass rate of 72.97pc against 54.13pc.

In district-wise results, Lodhran topped with a pass rate of 69.30pc, followed by Multan at 66.75pc, Khanewal at 63.28pc and Vehari at 62.11pc.

Meanwhile, the Lahore BISE announced its Intermediate Part-I annual examination results, with 99,191 candidates declared successful out of 165,245 who appeared for the exam, putting the overall pass rate at 60.03pc.

In Sargodha, out of 49,964 candidates, 33,371 male and female students passed, showing a success rate of 66.79pc.

Out of 46,833 regular candidates, 31,749 male and female students passed the exam, showing a success rate of 67.79pc.

Similarly, out of 18,981 private candidates, 10,454 passed the exam, showing a success rate of 55.08pc.

The success rate of 27,852 female students appearing in the exam is 76.46pc, while out of 3,131 private candidates, 1,622 passed, showing a success rate of 51.08pc.

Published in Dawn, October 23rd, 2026