La Salle High School Multan

La Salle Higher Secondary School, Multan
Address
Chungi No. 9, Bosan Road
Multan, Punjab
Pakistan
Information
Type High school
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Church of Pakistan
Established 1960
Founders Bishop F.B Cialeo, OP
LEA Catholic Board of Education, Multan
Administration Catholic Board of Education
Principal Bro. Lawrence Manuel (1986-2007)
Age 3 to 18
Affiliations Roman Catholic Diocese of Multan
Website LaSalleSchool

The La Salle Higher Secondary School, Multan is a missionary and an English-language private school in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. Built in 1960, it is one of the oldest educational institutions in Multan, and in the country.

History

In the 1940s Bishop F.B Cialeo, OP, first Bishop of Multan requested the La Salle Brothers to run this school in Multan.

The La Salle High School Multan is one of the missionary institutions that were initiated by Sir John Baptist De La Salle (the founder of the La Sallian community).

Rev. Bro. Lawrence Manuel was the longest serving principal of La Salle Higher Secondary School, Multan, i.e. from 1986 to 2007. The current principal is Bro. Zafar Daud.

The principal of the school said that Christian educational institutions have contributed a lot in nurturing the country's leadership. He was responding to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's 9 June 2008 promise to make Punjab a 100 percent literate province by 2010.[1]

The school's most prominent alumnus is Yousaf Raza Gilani, ex-prime minister of Pakistan.[2] Brother Emmanuel Nicholas who taught Gilani in the 1960s, was reunited with his student during a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation meeting in Colombo in March 2008. In 2011, he recommended to the President of Pakistan that Bro. Emmanuel be given the Tamgha-i-Pakistan (Medal of Pakistan) for services he had rendered towards the uplift of the poor in Pakistan. The medal was awarded to him on 23 March 2012, at the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo.[3]

Branches

The other branches of the school in Pakistan are as follows:

La Salle Higher Secondary School, Multan in 1980
Bro. Lawrence Manuel (Principal 1986-2007)

Multan

Faisalabad

Karachi

Don Bosco Home for Boys, c/o St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Shahrah-e-Iraq, Karachi - 74400

Khushpur

Sindh

Marie Adelaide Rehabilitation Centre, Umeed Goth, Sinjhoro 68220, Dist. Sanghar, Sindh

House System

There is a three-house system in the school. All houses participate in the activities and competitions of the school. Students are sorted into the houses by dividing roll/admission numbers with 3. The application of this house system can be seen particularly on the Sports Day.

School Anthem

Chorus :

LaSalle our Alma Mater dear,
We greet thee with a loyal cheer,
And raise aloft in the azure sky,
The blue and gold of LaSalle high.
With thee our mentor, thee our guide,
Let's beat a path in earnest stride,
To drink deep draughts and wisdoms's sprin,
The glorious strife of life to win.
Loyal sons of the LaSallian fold,
We pledge thine honour to uphold,
And 'neath thy rule with youthful zeal,
In joy we'll shoulder duty's wheel.
If truth's bright beacon light our way,
From virtue's path we'll never stray,
For cause of right we'll ever stand,
Yea true to God and Fatherland.

Words & Music by : Rev. Bro. Marcus

Principals

Rev. Bro. Lawrence Manuel was the longest serving principal of La Salle Higher Secondary School, Multan, i.e. from 1986 to 2007. The current principal is Bro. Zafar Daud X-man Rehmani.

Names & Tenure of Principals in La Salle Higher Secondary School, Multan
From To Years Principal
1960 1965 6 Rev. Bro. Harding Mulqueen
1965 1968 4 Rev. Bro. Oliver Perera
1968 1969 2 Rev. Bro. Athanasius Navarre
1969 1970 2 Rev. Bro. Maurice Jayaraja
1970 1972 3 Rev. Bro. Athanasius Navarre
1972 1973 2 Rev. Bro. Oliver Perera
1973 1976 4 Rev. Bro. Emmanuel Nicholas
1976 1978 3 Rev. Bro. Anselm Mankovecky
1979 1982 4 Rev. Bro. Raymund Samarasinghe
1982 1986 5 Rev. Bro. Gilbert Joseph Gill
1986 2007 22 Rev. Bro. Lawrence Manuel
2007 2013 7 Rev. Bro. Zafar Daud

Chief Prefects

Names & Tenure of Chief Prefects in La Salle Higher Secondary School, Multan

No From To Chief Prefects Roll Number
1 1965 1966 Ashiq Hussain 204
2 1966 1967 Sajjad Mahmood 472
3 1967 1968 Asif Saleem 209
4 1968 1969 Asif Zafar 325
5 1969 1970 Ijaz Rasul 729
6 1970 1971 Badar Mahmood 527
7 1971 1972 Tanvir Ahmad 655
8 1972 1973 Khalid Ur Rehman 1216
9 1973 1974 Tariq Tayyab 935
10 1974 1975 Suhail Shaffi 1380
11 1975 1976 Sameer Zahur 2099
12 1976 1977 Rana Altaf 1338
13 1977 1978 Naeem Zia 1976
14 1978 1979 Muhammad Haroon 1707
15 1979 1980 Asrar Ahmed 1866
16 1980 1981 Salman Saeed 2072
17 1981 Amir Shabbir 2545
18 1981 1982 Mudassir Jafry 2242
19 1982 1983 Abubaqar Atiq 2894
20 1983 1984 Usman Durrani 2895
21 1984 1985 Khalid Masood 2746
22 1985 1986 Zulfiqar Siddiq 2928
23 1986 1987 Amjad John Samuel 3046
24 1987 1988 Munib Sarwar 3269
25 1988 1989 Rohail Khan 3347
26 1989 1990 Omar Majeed Bucha 3509
27 1990 1991 Waqar Uz Zaman 3641
28 1991 1992 Hassan Suleman Malik 3826
29 1992 1993 Farooq Javed 4071
30 1993 1994 Bilal Zafar 3951
31 1994 1995 Farooq Javed 4071
32 1995 1996 M. Nauman Mehmood 4402
33 1996 1997 Adeel Akhtar 4727
34 1997 1998 Khizer Afzal 5488
35 1998 1999 M. Muwaddat JAffri 5400
36 1999 2000 M. Hassan Khalid 4950
37 2000 2001 Aamir Latif 4947
38 2001 2002 Fakhir Nafees 6794
39 2002 2003 Zimran Gohar 6518
40 2003 2004 Daud Isar John 6311
41 2004 2005 Jhanzeb Ihsan 6013
42 2005 2006 Maimoon Saleem 7019
43 2006 2007 Ch. Raheel Ranjha 6468
44 2007 2008 Rao Sohail 6718
45 2008 2009 Zaid Bin Farooq 6901
46 2009 2010 Irtaas Laldin 7100
47 2010 2011 Junaid Raza 7314
48 2011 2012 M. Abdullah 9860

Co-curricular

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "UCANews.com une 12, 2008".
  2. ↑ "Profile: Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani".
  3. ↑ Dawn 13 April 2012

Coordinates: 30°12′38″N 71°28′13″E / 30.21056°N 71.47028°E