Apply for FBISE Recounting of Marks: Rs 1,500 a Paper, Within 20 Days of the Result

Short answer: If you think your FBISE result has a counting mistake, you can apply for recounting of marks. The fee is Rs 1,500 for each paper. The application must reach the board within 20 days of the result. Recounting checks the addition of your marks. It does not mark the paper again.

A student in Islamabad sees 38 in a paper where she expected 55. She is sure she wrote enough. She wants someone to read her answers once more. The rule does not allow that. It does allow a check that every mark was added up and carried over correctly, and that is where real mistakes are found.

We read the Federal Board's General Rules for Examination (rule 1.5) and its fee challan page on 13 October 2026. Everything below comes from those two official pages. This applies to FBISE, the federal board for Islamabad and its affiliated schools. Provincial boards such as Lahore or Karachi have their own forms and fees.

Recounting means a check of totals, not a new marking

FBISE says its rules do not allow an answer book to be marked again. Recounting only checks that the marks were added and recorded correctly. Even so, any error found is fixed, and a mark can go up or down.

The rules list what the Recounting Committee looks at. These are the seven checks:

• The grand total on the title page of the answer book is correct.
• The parts of each question are added correctly.
• All totals are carried forward to the title page without error.
• No answer was left unmarked.
• The total in the answer book matches your marks sheet.
• No page of the answer book was changed or detached.
• The handwriting matches throughout.

The board says this is not reassessment or re-evaluation. If you are unhappy only with how strictly a paper was marked, recounting will not change that.

The fee is Rs 1,500 per paper and the time limit is 20 days

FBISE's fee challan page lists recounting at Rs 1,500 per paper in Pakistan and 35 US dollars per paper abroad. The rules say the application is received up to 20 days from the date the result is announced.

The same rule gives the Chairman power to accept applications for up to 10 more days in exceptional cases, and to excuse a delay in cases of hardship. Do not plan around that. Treat day 20 as the last day.

Apply in three steps, with a copy of your marks sheet

You pay the fee at a bank, fill in the FBISE application form, and send it with an attested photocopy of your marks sheet. You can hand it in at the board office or post it. The process starts on the FBISE website.

1. Fill in the online fee challan on the FBISE website and pay Rs 1,500 for each paper at an HBL branch.
2. Download and fill in the recounting application form.
3. Attach an attested photocopy of the marks sheet and the paid challan.
4. Submit it at the board office, or post it to the Controller of Examinations (Secrecy), FBISE, Sector H-8/4, Islamabad.
5. Keep a photocopy of everything and the courier or post receipt.

Count the 20 days from the date FBISE announced the result, not from the day you saw it. Post can be slow, so use a courier you can track if you live outside Islamabad.

You can see your script only to confirm it is yours

The rules say you may look at your answer script, but only enough to confirm that it is your own. You cannot ask for a second reading. This is why the application should name a clear reason, such as a missing question or a total that does not match.

Passed and failed candidates can both apply. If a mistake is found and you move from fail to pass, 90 per cent of your examination fee is also refunded under the refund rule. The recounting fee itself is refunded for each paper where the marks or the record change.

Be ready for a drop as well. If the committee finds the marks were added too high, the record is corrected downward and you receive a revised marks sheet. You must hand back the old marks sheet. A candidate who refuses can lose the result.

Check the result first, then decide if recounting is worth it

Recounting is worth the fee when a total looks wrong or a question seems unmarked. It is rarely worth it when you only feel a paper was marked hard. Compare the marks on the sheet with the marks you expected before you pay.

First confirm your result on the board site, as explained in the guide to checking board results online. If the mistake is in your name, date of birth or roll number instead, use a correction form. The steps for another board are in the guide to fixing mistakes on a result card, and the FBISE route for a lost document is in the page on the FBISE duplicate certificate and mark sheet.

If you are on the Punjab boards, the process differs. See the page on rechecking an HSSC result in Punjab. If you plan to sit the next exam anyway, check the FBISE second annual exam dates before the recounting result arrives.

Common questions

How much does FBISE recounting cost?

It costs Rs 1,500 for each paper in Pakistan and 35 US dollars for each paper abroad, according to the FBISE fee challan page.

How long do I have to apply for FBISE recounting?

You have 20 days from the date the result is announced. The Chairman may accept applications for up to 10 more days in exceptional cases, but you should not count on it.

Will FBISE read my paper again?

No. The rules say an answer book is not reassessed. Recounting only checks additions, carried totals, unmarked answers and matching of the marks sheet.

Can my marks go down after recounting?

Yes. If the committee finds that marks were added too high, the record is corrected and a revised marks sheet is issued.

Do I get my money back?

You get the recounting fee back for any paper where the marks or the record change. If recounting turns a fail into a pass, 90 per cent of the examination fee is also refunded.

Can a failed student apply?

Yes. The rule covers any candidate, whether passed or failed, who has strong grounds to believe a mistake was made in the result.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

Last checked on 13 October 2026, Pakistan time. We read rule 1.5 and rule 1.6 of the FBISE General Rules for Examination, the board's fee challan page and its rechecking procedure page. We did not test the online challan or the application form. Fees can change, so check the challan page before you pay.