Summary Karachi’s intermediate board announced 2026 first-year results across science, commerce, arts and home economics groups, introducing a grading system requiring 40% per paper.
KARACHI (Web Desk) - The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) has announced the results of the 2026 annual examinations for Intermediate Part-I in Science Pre-Medical, Science General, Commerce Regular and Private, Arts Regular and Private, Special Candidates (Arts Regular) and Home Economics groups.
The board said all elective science subjects were assessed electronically using modern Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) and electronic marking systems.
Controller of Examinations Zarina Rashid shared the results, stating that 25,157 candidates registered for the Science Pre-Medical examinations, of whom 24,544 appeared. A total of 11,966 candidates passed all six papers.
In the Science General group, 30,991 candidates registered and 30,386 appeared. Of these, 15,036 passed all six papers.
For the Commerce Regular group, 23,549 candidates registered, while 22,693 appeared. A total of 9,332 candidates passed all seven papers.
In the Commerce Private group, 1,485 candidates registered and 1,413 appeared. Of these, 628 passed all seven papers.
In the Arts Regular group, 11,171 candidates registered and 10,678 appeared. A total of 3,748 candidates passed all six papers.
For Arts Private, 1,702 candidates registered and 1,623 appeared, with 692 passing all six papers.
Among Special Candidates in Arts Regular, 99 registered and 97 appeared. A total of 58 candidates passed all six papers.
In the Home Economics group, 146 candidates registered and 141 appeared. Of these, 41 passed all seven papers.
The board said a new grading system had been introduced for this year’s Intermediate Part-I annual examinations in accordance with decisions by the Inter Board Coordination Commission (IBCC) and the Sindh government’s Universities and Boards Department.
Under the new system, candidates scoring less than 40 per cent in any paper will be classified as “Ungraded” and will not be considered to have passed that paper.
Such candidates will have to retake the relevant paper if they meet the other eligibility requirements for appearing in the examination.
The results for all the groups listed above have been uploaded to the board’s website. Candidates can also check their results through the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi’s official Android application, available on Google Play Store by searching for “BIEK”.
