that is really a big problem with pakistani parents. i'm dong my bachelors and still my dad says " jinke highest atay he unke sir pe seegh(horns) hote he kya?" -_-Unfortunately my parents have too high expectations from me. If I get less than 23/25 in a weekly test, I get scoldings from my Parents. So you can imagine what they'll do if I get average marks like 19,20,21 like that. And the thing is not many schools here offer O levels, that's why my parents may send me to Pakistan (there's a 75% chance of that happening) if it doesn't work out here.
i never really studied in school. but got good enough grades but i got serious in o'levels and got 5 As (there weren't any A*s back then). so parents need to back off seriously. sometimes the expectations is what kills you