The third position went to Ruby Shakoor, who secured 470 marks.
In BA examinations, Sana Shah secured the first position with 410 marks, followed by Aleena Hashmi with 409 marks and Samreena Khan with 408 marks.
Controller (Examinations) UoP Iftikhar told reporters that 50,068 students sat the B.A./B.Sc. examinations but only 18,445 of them (38.14 per cent) remained successful.
He also said 17,927 regular students appeared in the examinations and 8,159 (45.15 per cent) passed them.
Iftikhar said 32,141 private students, too, sat the examinations but 10,286 (32 per cent) of them were successful.
He said the exam results would be posted on the university's official website, www.upesh.edu.pk, today (Thursday) in the morning.
The controller (examinations) said students could apply for re-checking of answer sheets and re-totalling of marks until October 13. "Those applying for re-checking (of answer sheets) until September 30 will get the results on October 10, while the results of those, who do so from October 1 to 7, will be announced on October 17. The results of the mark rechecking will be made public on October 23," he said.
Iftikhar later presented the UoP merit certificates to the top three position holders, who were invited to the function along with parents.
The university had invited parents of position holders to the event for the first time in its history.
Hafiza Saadia and Hafiza Areeba dedicated their success to blessings of Almighty Allah, prayers of their parents, and hard work of theirs and their teachers.
They said they were committed to excel in the field of research to make their parents and the country proud.
Sana Shah, who is also a Hafiz-e-Quran, said she wanted to be a judge. app