BANNU, July 15: Students of Cadet College Razmak in the North Waziristan Agency have clinched the three top positions in the secondary school certificate examination conducted by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Bannu.

Muhammad Jibran Khan, Ziaur Rehman and Armaghan Zeb secured the first, second and third position, respectively.

In the humanities group, Sahibur Rehman, a private candidate, clinched first position. A total of 16,908 candidates had appeared in the examination.

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