Beacon Light Academy, Karachi

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Beacon Light Academy is an IGCSE Edexcel School in Pakistan. [1] The school is located in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighborhood of Gulshan Town in Karachi and also in Gulshan-e-maymar. It is an O-level certified Edexcel institute.

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References

  1. "About BLA". Beacon Light Academy. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2017.