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ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani student, Haroon Tariq, has broken the current world record by securing a total of 47 As in his International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) O Level and A Level exams from the University of Cambridge International Examinations. His subjects spanned both the humanities and sciences including Human and Social Biology, Islamic Religion and Culture, Physics, Chemistry and Global Development. A student of Froebel’s International School (FIS), Haroon Tariq’s achievement had put Pakistan in the global spotlight. In the O Levels, the previous world record was 28 As which was also held by a Pakistani student Zohaib Asad. However, Haroon Tariq obtained 38 As in O levels and a total of 47As in his O and A level exams. While talking to Dawn, Haroon Tariq said he studied 50 different subjects in O and A levels during the span of three years. He said obtaining 47 As was not easy as he had to study different languages including Spanish and French. ...

Faraz Kaiser Malik, at the age of 11, appeared in the Cambridge O-Levels International Examinations and secured straight 8As.  (Jan 2013) ISLAMABAD: Roots School System DHA-1 Flagship Campus honoured two Guinness World Record holders and one exceptional scholarship holder to Cambridge University. The entire student body was present to welcome them and gave them a thunderous applause when they arrived along with their proud parents, Roots School System DHA-1 Flagship Campus Executive Director Khadija Mushtaq, RSS founder Riffat Mushtaq and Cambridge International Examinations Country Manager Uzma Yousuf. Faraz Kaiser Malik at the age of just 11 years is the youngest student in the world to ever appear in the Cambridge O-Levels International Examination. Faraz has secured straight 8 As that includes 3 A+ in science subjects and 5 As at such a young age and has set another Guinness World Record by a student of Roots DHA-1 campus Islamabad. Khadija Mushtaq, most accomplishe...