Cyprus and Malta both offer English-medium higher education inside the European Union at costs well below Western European levels, and both actively recruit international students. For applicants who need an English-taught EU degree on a modest budget, they deserve a place on the shortlist.
Both also have a wide spread of institutional quality, from established public universities to small private colleges, and the marketing does not always distinguish between them. Diligence about the specific institution matters more here than in corridors with a higher regulatory floor.
The visa route
Each issues a national long-stay visa followed by a residence permit after arrival. Expect acceptance documentation, financial evidence, health insurance, accommodation, a medical certificate, and police clearance.
Cyprus in particular applies its own procedures and both countries expect Pakistani documents to be properly legalised and translated.
Checking the institution
Confirm accreditation with the national quality body, confirm that the specific programme is accredited and not merely the institution, and confirm how the qualification is recognised in the countries where you intend to work afterwards.
A degree that is valid locally but poorly recognised elsewhere can be a reasonable choice made deliberately and a poor one made accidentally.
Practical reality
Both are small labour markets. Part-time work and post-study employment prospects are correspondingly limited, and a funding plan that depends on local earnings is fragile.
Mobility within the EU after graduation is the real long-term argument for these corridors, and that argument depends on the qualification being properly recognised.