KARACHI, July 10: Three officials of the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) were suspended on charges of being involved in the tampering of the results of last year’s HSC Commerce Group results, a senior BIEK official said.

“I have ordered the suspension of three of our officials for allegedly tampering with last year’s results in the tabulation register, giving additional marks to two of the candidates,” Prof Anwaar Ahmad Zai, Chairman BIEK, told Dawn.

The three officials were suspended after a three-member inquiry committee, which had been formed after the board received complaints of tampering in the tabulation register, submitted its preliminary report confirming the authenticity of the charges.

The committee cited tampering in the results in its preliminary report saying the marks mentioned in the tabulation register were more than the actual marks given by the examiners in the answer sheets of the two candidates.

The additional marks helped a candidate pass who had failed in the actual result, while it gave a higher grade to the other.

“Acting upon the committee’s report we have corrected the tabulation register and notified the real results of the two candidates,” said Prof Ahmad Zai.

The suspended officials include an assistant controller examinations, superintendent of the commerce group and a senior clerk.

The BIEK chairman said charge sheets were being given to the suspended officials, who were asked to clarify their position. Similarly, a report to that effect had been sent to the controlling authority, the provincial governor.

Meanwhile, officials in the BIEK said the board authorities had formed a five-member committee comprising senior professors and board officials to formulate a code of ethics vis-à-vis the duties and obligations of its officials.