KARACHI, Nov 27: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi on Thursday announced the results of HSC-I Commerce annual examinations-2008.

A total of 30,947 regular candidates (19,130 male and 11,817 female) and 8,330 private candidates (6,400 male and 1,930 female) appeared in the examinations.

From among the regular candidates, 12,181 (31.48 per cent male and 52.18 per cent female) were declared pass in all seven papers; 6,102 (19.32 per cent male and 20.39 per cent female) in six papers; 4,173 (15.03per cent male and 11.01per cent female) in five papers; 3,049 (11.37 per cent male and 7.41 per cent female) in four papers; 2,192 (8.70 per cent male and 4.49 per cent female) in three papers; 1,625 (6.89 per cent male and 2.62 per cent female) in two papers; and 1,104 (4.85 per cent male and 1.51 per cent female) were declared pass in one paper.Out of the private candidates, 1,553 candidates (16.83 per cent male and 24.83 per cent female) were declared pass in all seven papers; 1,769 (21.33 per cent male and 21.09 per cent female) in six papers; 1,565 (19.89 per cent male and 15.27 per cent female) in five papers; 1189 (14.29 per cent male and 14.34 per cent female) in four papers; 964 (11.9 per cent male and 10.60 per cent female) in three papers; 704 (8.61 per cent male and 8 per cent female) in two papers; and 419 (5.34 per cent male and 4.05 per cent female) were declared pass in one paper.

Meanwhile, the director-general (colleges), Sindh, has announced that the Govt Degree Girls College, Manzoor Colony, has been renamed as Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Govt Degree Girls College; the Govt Degree Girls College, Jamshed Road, as the Dukhtar-i-Mashriq Govt Degree Girls College and the Govt Degree Boys College, Bihar Colony (Sector 16-E) as Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Govt Degree Boys College.