MULTAN: Multan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) on Saturday announced results of the 9the class examinations.

According to a notification, a total of 114,675 candidates appeared in the exams and out of whom, 67,004 were declared successful. The pass percentage was computed as 58.42 percent.

Among total appeared students, 97,568 belonged to Science Group while 17,107 in Arts Group. In Science group, the pass percentage remained 59.86 percent and the pass percentage in Arts Group was computed as 50.67 percent.

In the exams, 19,488 students participated as private candidates, and pass percentage among these candidates was 43.24 percent.

A student of a private school, City Science Multan, namely Lameez secured 501 marks and remained at top.

Similarly, Hamza Khan of Nishat School and Momina of Alpine School Lodharan remained at second and third position.—APP