Pakistan School Muscat (PSM) is a school in the

Sultanate of Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

. It was founded in a rented flat in

Muscat Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total population of Muscat Governorate was ...

, as a result of a decision made in the first meeting of Pakistani Culture Centre. Efforts, spearheaded by the senior journalist and founding Chief Editor of ''Times of Oman'' Rana N. Parveze along with Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Shafi, were made to collect funds and as a result the school was shifted to its campus in January 1981. His Majesty

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granted land in Darsait that enabled the school to be established. In 2012 the school had an enrollment of over 3,000 students. In 2019 the number was 6000 students. The main campus is located in the Darsait area of the city of

. The school has an auditorium with a capacity of 2000 people, an open field, indoor facilities,

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, football and

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, computer and

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laboratories. The school library was established in 1993 and the junior block was added to the school building in 2004 with an extension of 20 more rooms in 2011. PSM is affiliated with

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International, London and

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including the Cambridge International Primary Program and Cambridge International Lower Secondary Program. The school is sponsored by the Pakistan Embassy and is supervised by the board members of the school. The school has six branches at

Seeb Al-Seeb, As Seeb or As Sib ( ar, السيب) is a coastal fishing city, located several kilometres northwest of Muscat, in northeastern Oman. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 470,878. Landmarks include the Naseem Garden, the Royal ...

run by Principal Shahid, Musannah run by an acting principal,

Nizwa Nizwa ( ar, نِزْوَى, Nizwā) is the largest city in Ad Dakhiliyah Region in Oman and was the capital of Oman proper. Nizwa is about (1.5 hours) from Muscat. The population is estimated at around 72,000 people, including the two areas o ...

run by Principal G.M Tahir,

Sohar Sohar ( ar, صُحَار, also Romanized as Suḥār) is the capital and largest city of the Al Batinah North Governorate in Oman. An ancient capital of the country that once served as an important Islamic port town, Suhar has also been credited ...

run by Principal Mazhar Bokhari,

Buraimi Al Buraimi Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ٱلْبُرَيْمِي, Muḥāfaẓat Al-Buraimī) is one of the 11 governorates of Oman which was split from the Ad Dhahirah Region. Until October 2006, the area was part of Ad Dhahirah Reg ...

run by acting principal Shehnaz Arshad and

Salalah Salalah ( ar, صَلَالَة, Ṣalālah) is the capital and largest city of the southern Omani governorate of Dhofar. Its population in 2009 was about 197,169. Salalah is the third-largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, and the largest cit ...

run by principal Ms.Munazza Ghafoor. The school's first batch of students appeared for SSC and

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examinations in 1983 events such as the Na`at Competition,

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Competition, Debate Competition, and Science and Art Exhibition.

Gallery

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References

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