Matric, intermediate exams to be given priority: Shafqat Mehmood Pakistan Thu, May 06, 2021 Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood addressing a press conference at Press Information Department (PID) in Islamabad. — Online/File Intermediate and matriculation examinations will be given priority to other board exams, confirmed Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood on Thursday. In a series of tweets, the minister announced that board exams in Pakistan will commence after June 15. "Interprovincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) took place yesterday. It was decided that Board exams would begin after June 15. Intermediate and Matric exams would be given priority so that results can come in before university admissions," tweeted the minister.