The matriculation examinations in Karachi and other boards of the province have started but the Physics subject paper has already been leaked in Sindh before it reached the centre, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Chairman Matriculations Board has assured of the inquiry into how the paper was leaked before it reached the examination centres.

There are reports from various examination centres in Karachi that papers have not been reached despite the passage of more than half the time of the paper. There were also similar reports of paper delays in North Karachi, New Karachi, North Nazim Abad, Orangi Town and Gulshan-e-Hab.

In Sukkur, more than 88,000 students appeared in the examinations of ninth and tenth that will continue till July 17.

In Nawab Shah as many as 134 examination centres have been established in which over 80,000 students appeared in the exams. The local administration has placed Section 144 and no irrelevant person can enter in the premises of the examination centres.

Nawab Shah Controller Examination Waheed Murad Dahiri said that exams are being conducted in two shifts, the first shift is from 9am to 11am and the second shift is from 2pm to 4pm.

The Sindh Education department inspection teams also inspected several examination centres. Police have been deployed to avoid any untoward incident.

Reporters Sameen Nawaz, Imdad Buzdar, Haidar Khanzada, Muhammad Ramzan Mirani