Notre Dame Institute of Education (NDIE), the dream of Bishop Anthony Lobo (a Catholic Bishop of Karachi Diocese), was officially opened on October 1, 1991, by Syed Fakhar-e-Imam, the Federal Minister for Education, and blessed by His Excellency, Most Rev Luigi Bressan, the Apostolic Pro Nuncio (an ambassador to Pope John Paul, Rome). While the vision of what NDIE would be was large, it was housed in a very humble building located on the third floor of St. Patrick’s High School Matric building.