Girls once again outshined boys in the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) annual examination, 2016 held under Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RBISE).
According to the result announced on Saturday by RBISE controller examination Abid Hussain Kharal, Yusra Bint-e-Hafeez of pre-medical group (girls), student of Punjab College for Women Satellite Town Rawalpindi, bagged overall top position with A-1 grade in the board by obtaining 1,041 marks.
The overall second position was clinched by Nimra Mumtaz, pre-medical group for girls of Munir Intermediate Girls College Mohalla Line Park Chakwal as she got 1,040 marks with A-1 grade.
The overall third position was grabbed by Maleeka Zamurad Khan, pre-medical group (girls), belonging to Punjab College for Girls Chakwal, obtaining 1,034 marks with A-1 grade.
According to the result in pre-medical group (boys), Farhan Ahmed of Punjab College of Information Technology, S-Town, Rawalpindi, secured 1,014 marks to remain on top with A-1 grade.
He was followed by Ali Raza of Fauji Foundation Higher Secondary School for Boys Talagang, Chakwal, who secured 1,012 with A-1 grade and remained on second position.
Third position was grabbed by Shoaib Falak Sher of Cadet College Hassanabdal, Attock with 1,010 marks and A-1 grade.
According to the result of pre-engineering group (girls), Mahnoor Mahmood, student of Jinnah Institute of Informatics for Girls Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, got first position with 1,025 marks and A-1 grade.
Rimsha Tariq of Punjab College for Women F-828 S-Town, Rawalpindi secured 1,021 marks with A-1 grade and stood at second position while Maria Tariq from Punjab College for Women, S-Town Rawalpindi got third position in the group with 1,019 marks and A-1 grade.
Similarly, in pre-engineering group for boys, Muhammad Hanzla Aslam from Jinnah Institute of Informatics, S-Town, Rawalpindi got first position with 1,018 marks and A-1 grade.
Fahad Khan, student of Cadet College Hassan Abdal, Attock secured 1,010 marks with A-1 grade and stood at second position.
Rao Maaz Bin Khalid of Cadet College Hassanabdal, Attock got third position with 1,002 marks and A-1 grade.
In general science group for girls, Sara Afzal from Punjab College for Women S-Town, Rawalpindi secured first position with 993 marks.
Bushra Ahmed from Punjab College for Women S-Town, Rawalpindi grabbed second position with 965 marks while third position was clinched by Komal Fayyaz of the same college as she secured 960 marks.
In general science group for boys, Muhammad Haseeb from Military College, Murree attained first position by getting 987 marks.
Rehan Amin from Punjab College Main GT Road Gujar Khan secured second position with 972 marks while Zeeshan Alam son of Zafar Iqbal from Kallar Kahar Science College for Boys secured third position with 966 marks.
In commerce group for girls, Nageen Gul, student of Punjab College for Women Main GT Road Gujar Khan, got 959 marks to bag first position.
Rida Fatima Tanveer of Punjab College for Women Main GT Road Gujar Khan attained second position by getting 931 marks while Shiza Arif got 924 marks and bagged third position in the group.
In commerce group for boys, Hassan Sheikh, student of Punjab College of Information Technology Satellite Town, Rawalpindi got 934 marks and stood at first position. Akbar Hassan from Jinnah Institute of Informatics Satellite Town Rawalpindi secured second position with 933 marks. Zeeshan Khan, student of Punjab College of Information Technology Satellite Town, Rawalpindi got third position with 931 marks.
Mahnoor Nadeem, Sheeba Kainat and Ushna Umar from humanities group for girls secured first, second and third positions with 930, 925 and 908 marks respectively.
Similarly, Sharjeel Mustafa, Shoaib Ahmed, and Omair Karamat stood at first, second and third positions with 841, 828 and 825 marks respectively.
Punjab Minister for Labour and Human Resource Raja Ashfaq Sarwar was the chief guest on the occasion.
He congratulated the top position holders and all the successful candidates, and also distributed cash prizes and medals among the position holders.
Addressing the participants, he urged the students to concentrate hard on their studies.
“Only and only education should be the main goal of the students before entering into professional life and joining other fields,” he added.
He said the Punjab government is giving priority to the education and taking its responsibility and patronising the talented students.
