St Mary's Cambridge School
Coordinates: 33°36′33″N 73°3′57″E / 33.60917°N 73.06583°E
| Saint Mary's Cambridge High School | |
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| Address | |
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Murree Road Rawalpindi, Punjab Pakistan | |
| Information | |
| Type | High school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1949 |
| Founder | Fr. Thysen MHM |
| Administration | Catholic Board of Education |
| Principal | Asif Nawab Gill |
| Affiliations | Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi |
| Website | |
St Mary's Cambridge School is a high school situated on Murree Road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
History
Saint Mary's Cambridge High School is one of the oldest independent schools of Rawalpindi. It is housed in an old building which was previously used as hospital, named Holy Family Hospital. The hospital moved to its present building in Satellite Town during the early 1960s and the building was handed over to the school. The school is owned and managed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi. It provides religious education in Islam as per the curriculum decided by the local education board.
Location
St. Mary's is located on Murree Road between Liaqat Bagh and Committee Chowk. It is easily accessible from anywhere in the city and from Islamabad.
Facilities
Houses
The names of the houses (with their colors and captains) are:
- Thysen (yellow), Mr. Naeem Pervaiz
- Iqbal (green), Mr. Kamran Younas
- Jinnah (blue), Mr. Zubiar Naeem
- Liaquat (red), Mr. Abid Ali
Events
On May 10, 2008, the school was the venue for a Run for Unity program. It involved students aged 11–15 in drawing, essay-writing, poetry, song, PowerPoint and video-making competitions. Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, the apostolic nuncio to Pakistan, and Bishop Anthony Lobo attended.[1]
Notable alumni
- Rashid Minhas Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider Pakistan Air Force
- General Asif Nawaz Janjua, Chief of Army Staff Pakistan Army
- General Jahangir Karamat
- Javed Burki[2]
- Wasim Sajjad
- Dr Malik Waqar Aftab, Dermatologist and business man
- Major General Julian Peter, Director General Logistics
- Dr. Imran Rasool Khan, Deputy Commissioner (Northern Areas) M.B.B.S., M.B.A, L.L.B., I.V.L.P,
- Syed Salman Shah, Senior Vice President, Bank Islami, Pakistan.
- Adeel Atif, Media Manager, Ufone
- Wing Commander Mansur Muzaffar, Senior Anaesthetist/Anaesthesiologist,TI(M), MBA (Health and Hospital Administration), UN Award Holder, Pakistan Air Force
- Dr. Syed Ghalib Imam Zaidi,FCPS, Neurosurgeon, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Lt Col(R) Tariq Mahmood Butt, TI(M), Security and Political Analyst, Pakistan
- Lt. Col. Syed Saeb Imam Zaidi, Telecom Engineer, Pakistan Army.
- Syed Saqib Imam Zaidi, Vice President/Regional Manager Commercial, Faysal Bank Limited, Pakistan.
- Syed Talib Imam Zaidi, Manager Corporate Finance, Samba Bank, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Fahad Asad, owner of www.asiacouriers.com and www.howtostudyabroad.org
- Commander Haroon ur Rashid Kiani, Pakistan Navy
- Major Raja Abdul Rehman, class of 1991, Pakistan Army
- Major Shabbir Sharif, Shaheed Nishan-e-Haider
- Captain (Retired) Syed Bilal Firdos, Artillery, Pak Army - Now Area Sales Manager, British American Tobacco