KARACHI, Aug 18: Pakistani students were ‘top in the world’ in three A-level subjects of the Cambridge GCE examinations held in June this year.

The Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) has announced the top achievers from Pakistan, who appeared in the Cambridge examinations this year.

A statement issued here on Monday said that the Pakistani students were ‘top in the World’ in three A-Level subjects.

It said, while speaking to teachers from Pakistan at the Professional Development Conference at the Homerton College, Cambridge, Dr Fred Burke from CIE commented that “overall, students from your schools have performed even better than in previous years — congratulations to all the high achievers, their teachers and their schools.”

Full details of all top candidates will appear in the Cambridge publication ‘Brilliance in Pakistan — June 2003’, which will be available in October to the 270 educational institutions in Pakistan that are registered with Cambridge International Examinations, it was further stated.

The June 2003 High Achievers Top in the World GCE A Level: Business Studies PK550/701 Saba Shaikh Beaconhouse School, Karachi Economics PK201/1127 Zara Liaqat Beaconhouse School, Lahore; Computing PK240/615 Ayesha Ali Lahore Grammar School—APP