Girls sweep top positions in BZU BA, BSc exams

Acting VC says scholarships will be awarded to position holders, fee will be waived upon admission in varsity

MULTAN: Girl students excelled in the Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) BA, BSc annual examinations 2017, grabbing top positions in both arts and science groups.

In the BSc examination, Beenish Iqbal of Punjab Group of Colleges bagged first position by securing 723 marks while Sundus Fatima stood second with 722 marks. The third position was bagged by Syeda Amina Batool of City College, Multan with 707 marks.



In BA exams, Muhammad Abdullah secured first position by achieving 651 marks. Iram Mukhtiar of Government Degree College, Jalalpur Peerwala bagged second position with 641 marks, while Ziaur Rahman stood third with 638 marks.

At least 47,170 candidates appeared in the exams and of them, 18,633 cleared all the papers. In addition, 338 cases of using unfair means were reported during the examination. The success ratio remained 39.5%.

While speaking to The Express Tribune, Beenish Iqbal said, “I am happy and owe the success to my teachers and parents, who prayed for me.” She maintained, “I will now sit in Central Superior Services examination as I want to serve my country.”

Similarly, Muhammad Abdullah said, “I am grateful to my parents and teachers whose prayers followed me throughout my education career.”



While addressing the students, BZU Acting Vice-Chancellor Dr Bashir Ahmad Chaudhry said, “Those students who secured positions will be given scholarships if they get admissions in Bahauddin Zakariya University.” He added. “The fee of the position holders would also be waived off.” The acting vice-chancellor also distributed cash prizes among the successful students.

BZU Controller of Examination Dr Umar Chaudhry said the online registration system would be introduced next year which would help the students to get admissions in a swift manner.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 16^th, 2017.