Islamabad has a smaller pool of O Level schools than Karachi or Lahore but what it lacks in volume it makes up in quality. The capital’s top Cambridge schools consistently produce students who go on to NUST, LUMS, UK universities,
Lahore has one of the most competitive O Level school ecosystems in Pakistan. The city is home to some of the country’s highest-performing Cambridge institutions and also some of its most talked-about ones, which are not always the same thing.
Karachi has approximately 200 CAIE-registered schools, more than any other city in Pakistan. For parents, that’s a wide pool to navigate. But in reality, the conversation consistently comes back to the same 5 to 6 schools that combine academic results,