RAWALPINDI: Students from Chakwal secured the top two positions in the annual intermediate examinations this year, while a student from Rawalpindi came third.

The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi announced the names of the top scorers on Tuesday. The examination results will be announced at a ceremony today (Wednesday) at a ceremony at the Government Viqarun Nisa College for Women.

Private college students performed better in the exams than students from government colleges, with all three positions being secured by students from private colleges in Chakwal and Rawalpindi.

Izza Shakeel from the Fauji Foundation Higher Secondary School for Girls in Chakwal came first overall, scoring 1,044 marks, followed by Saifullah from the Cadet College Kallar Kahar in Chakwal with 1,037 marks and Ahmed Hasan Khan from the Punjab College of Information Technology in Rawalpindi with 1,030 marks.

In the boys’ general science group, Talha Munir from the Punjab College of IT in Rawalpindi secured first place with 994 marks.

Hafiz Mohammad Huzaifi from Cambridge International Higher Sec. School for Boys in Chakwal came second with 974 marks and Zain Ali Shah from the Kallar Kahar Science College for Boys in Talagang, Chakwal, came third with 972 marks.

In the girls’ general science group, Tayyaba Hafeez from the Punjab College for Women in Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi, secured first position with 1,026 marks and Beenish Shakeel from the Punjab College for Women in Satellite Town, Rawalpindi came second with 1,021 marks. Sisters Afshan and Rimsha Liaquat from the Punjab College for Women in Rawalpindi came third with 984 marks each.

In the boys’ pre-engineering group, Ahmed Hasan Khan from the Punjab College of IT in Rawalpindi came first with 1,030 marks, followed by Umar Saib Khan from the same school with 1,027 marks.

Third position went to Mohammad Faheem Imran, also from the Punjab College of IT in Rawalpindi, who secured 1,024 marks.

In the girls’ pre-engineering group, Tabreek Mohammad from the Punjab College for Women in Rawalpindi secured first position with 1,012 marks.

Amna Ashraf from the same school came second with 1,002 marks and Madeeha Umair Malik, also from the same school, came third with 988 marks.

Published in Dawn, September 4th, 2019