Overview
- Karachi’s Class 9 and 10 exams opened Friday across 521 centers for more than 385,000 students in two shifts, with a one-day option to sit at the nearest site if a student could not reach the assigned center.
- Authorities enforced Section 144 to bar unauthorized entry around centers, with police presence and nearby photocopy shops closed to deter cheating.
- A control room at the board office and a parallel cell at the Commissioner’s Office tracked paper distribution in real time, while cyber teams monitored social media and WhatsApp groups for leaks.
- Students reported poor conditions at several sites, including shortages of desks, non-working fans, crowding, and power cuts despite prior coordination with the city’s electric utility.
- Vigilance teams reported irregularities, including alleged cheating at a PECHS school and one student found with a dagger and cheating material, as officials offered differing verdicts on the day’s arrangements.