PESHAWAR, July 14: Girl students outshined boys by clenching the top seven positions in the Secondary School Certificate examinations conducted by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Peshawar.

Nasir Ali, controller of examinations at BISE, announced the result of SSC (Class 10) examinations here on Monday.

In the science group, Wajeeha Tauqeer of the University Model School, Peshawar, took the first position by obtaining 831 marks. The second position went to Sana Yazdani of the Peshawar Model Girls High School, Warsak Road, who secured 830 marks. Maimoona Nazir of the University Model School stood third with 828 marks.

In the arts group, Zaiba Said of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Hayatabad, got the first position with 761 marks.

The second position was also bagged by a student of the same school, Sadaf Afridi, who secured 740 marks. Mehmoona Afridi of the Qurtaba Public School, Hayatabad, got the third position with 736 marks.

Mr Ali said 53,733 students had appeared in the examinations, 36,016 (67.03 per cent) of whom were declared successful.

BISE chairman Prof Mohammad Tariq Khan congratulated the top three position holders, who were present on the occasion.

A total of 49,581 students of both the arts and science groups appeared in the Class 9 examinations, 24,593 (49.60 per cent) of whom were declared successful.