The Adib, Alim and Fazil Examinations shall be held biannually i.e., in the Spring and the Autumn, in such languages, on such dates and at such places as may be fixed by the Board.

In order to eligible to appear in the Adib, Alim and Fazil Examinations, a candidate must:
i) Submit his admission form and the prescribed fees to the Board by such dates as may be fixed by the Board, together with the following certificates signed by an authorized person:-
a) of possessing good moral character;
b) of having paid the prescribed fees to the Board;
c) of belonging to, or residing in, an area falling within the territorial limits of the Board; and
d) of not simultaneously being a candidate for any examination to be held by any other Board or University;
ii) Submit four copies of his recent photograph (except in the case of women)duly signed by him and attested by the person who signs the certificates mentioned in the foregoing rule.
iii) The following persons shall be authorized to sign the certificates mentioned in (I) above:
Heads of institutions; officers of the Government, the Universities or the Board's members of the Senate and the National and Provincial Assemblies; University teachers and such other persons as may be authorized by the Chairman in this behalf.

i) To qualify for the grant of the Adib, Alim or Fazil Certificate/Diploma, a candidate shall be provided with a maximum of four examination opportunities within a period of 21 months.
ii) A candidate who fails to qualify the examination in the 1st attempt and is allowed to reappear in the failing paper/s under sub-rule3(I) above, after qualifying the examination shall be granted Certificate/Diploma of having passed the examination "in Parts".
iii) No additional examination opportunity shall be provided in lieu of an opportunity missed for any reason.
iv) A candidate who fails to qualify the examination in four attempts, may repeat the examination as a fresh candidate.
v) A candidate who is blind or is deaf and dumb may qualify the examination without any restriction to the number of examination opportunities/attempts referred to above.

The scheme of studies for the Adib, Alim and Fazil Examination including the number of papers and their weightage in term of marks, the duration of each paper etc. shall be as may be prescribed.

The medium of examination shall ordinarily be Urdu.

In order to pass in a paper, the candidate must obtain at least one-third of the total number of marks allotted to the paper, provided that a fraction in the minimum pass marks shall be ignored.

To qualify for the grant of Adib, Alim or Fazil Certificate/Diploma, a candidate must pass in all the papers taken up according to the Scheme of Studies.

A candidate who has qualified in Adib, Alim or Fazil Examination shall be placed in one of the following three Divisions:
i) in the First Division, if he has secured 60% or more of the total number of marks allotted to the Scheme of Studies;
ii) in the Second Division, if he has secured 45% or more but less than 60% of the total number of marks allotted to the Scheme of Studies; and
iii) in the Third Division, if he has secured less than 45% of total number of marks allotted to the Scheme of Studies.

A candidate who fails to qualify for the grant of Adib, Alim or Fazil Certificate/Diploma for want of not more than 1% of the total number of marks allotted to the Scheme of Studies, shall have the requisite number of marks added to the marks obtained by him in the subjects/papers in which he has failed so as to enable him to qualify for the grant of the Certificate provided that a fraction in the concessional marks shall be counted as one.

A candidate who has passed the Adib, Alim or Fazil Examination of the Board, or an examination recognized as equivalent thereto, may appear in:
i) English; and on qualifying be granted a certificate to that effect;
ii) English, General Mathematics, Pakistan Studies and one other subject from the Humanities Group not being a language, and on qualifying in these subjects be granted the Secondary School Certificate. The Division of such a candidate shall be determined on the basis of the aggregate of marks secured by him and the total number of marks allotted to the subjects referred to above according to the criteria given in rule 8.
Note: The subjects mentioned in (i) and (ii) above relate to the Scheme of Studies for the Secondary School Examination.

A candidate who has passed the Alim or Fazil Examination of the Board, or an examination recognized as equivalent thereto, may appear in:
i) English; Isl. Edu & Pak Studies and on qualifying be granted a certificate to that effect, provided that he had previously passed in English of the Secondary School standard.
ii) English; Isl. Edu & Pak Studies and two other subjects from the Humanities Group not being languate; and on qualifying in these subjects be granted the Intermediate Certificate; provided he has passed the Secondary School Examination at least two years previously. The Division of such a candidate shall be determined on the basis of the aggregate of marks secured by him and the total number of marks allotted to the subjects referred to above according to the criteria given in rule8.
Note: The subjects mentioned in (i) and (ii) above relate to the Scheme of Studies for the Intermediate Examination.