St. Anthony's College
St. Anthony's High School is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore in Pakistan. It is ranked among the best educational institutions in Punjab. It is situated at Lahore's historical road, The Mall. The Marist Fathers of Ireland established St. Anthony's High School in 1892.[1] It now has been expanded to college level as well. The Sacred Heart Cathedral is located besides the school. When Lt. Col (r) L.C. Rath was the principal in 1992. nearly 2,000 pupils enrolled at the school and a staff of 100.
The motto of the institution is scientia cum virtute meaning "knowledge with virtue".
History:
East India Company of England after waging wars against European intruders in India and local Rajas established its rule in the Indo-Pak Subcontinent in 1849, when Punjab and NWFP fell to it under a proclamation of March 30, 1849. Hence, to run its administration smoothly, it needed literate locals. So it established educational institutions with European knowledge and English as medium of instruction from where Indians were recruited for jobs. With the British occupation of India, the American and European missionaries started pouring into India to enlighten it with modern education. St. Anthony's a prestigious School and beacon of light from where a host of international famous personalities of Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent have been enlightened was founded on 1 March 1892 in Peeli Kothi, Empress Road, Lahore by the Maarist Fathers of Ireland. They named it St. Anthony's Catholic Day School. Rt. Reverend Doctor VAN DON BOUCH performed its opening ceremony with only three students at Empress Road Lahore where St. Anthony's Church and Don Bosco School stand majestically today guiding the people spiritually, morally and educationally.
As it progressed, its site was shifted to a more appropriate place 3-Lawrence Road, where it was renamed St. Anthony's High School in 1900 which was dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua who sympathized with the miserable and gave hope to the despaired people. Bishop of Lahore Rt. Reverend VAN DON BOUCH performed the dedication ceremony of this school. Father Leo took over as the first Principal of the school who started 'O' Level classes in it.
On 27 January 1896, the Indian Railways promised a grant of Rs.500 for the construction of the school and thus this institution was called Railway Church School. The Viceroy of India, Lord Lansdowne sanctioned Rs.5000 for the school building. So a boarding house was constructed for the students in 1896.
Lawrence Road Campus:
This is the biggest campus. The campus has four main buildings consisting of classrooms, a laboratory, a library and offices. There is a basketball court and a large playground. A huge canteen is also provided for the students in the main ground. The school was one of several significant buildings damaged or destroyed by a bomb blast in Lahore in May 2009.[3]
[edit]Curriculum
It offers courses leading to the Cambridge O/A levels and Matriculation.During the academic year, the school will have four sets of monthly tests and two long examinations.
Scholastic achievements:
During Col. Rath's principalship, the School won Educational Trophy from the Board of Secondary Education, Lahore for excellent Matriculation result. Mr. Muhammad Usman and Muhammad Faizan topped the world in O Level examination in the subjects of Math and Physics in 2005.
Extracurricular activities:
For the moral and intellectual growth and promotion, co-curricular and extracurricular activities are programmed throughout the year locally and abroad. Debates, excursions, funfair, science model fair and annual sports are held annually. In 2006 a cricket under-13 team and an under-16 team formed part of a 47-member delegation including teachers from St Anthony's, travelled to Chandigar, India to play a series of matches with the St John's Cricket Academy team. Mr Cecil Chaudhry was Principal of St Anthony's High School at the time.[4] Many students take part in debates and quiz programmes in different countries and cities of Pakistan and have brought laurels for the institution.
Noted alumni:
A large portion of Pakistan's elite owe their success to a solid education at schools like St. Anthony's
Politics:
Nawaz Sharif, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister of Punjab
Salmaan Taseer, Late, Former Governor of Punjab
Ishaq Dar, former Finance Minister of Pakistan
Salman Shah, Former Finance Minister of Pakistan
Ahmad Mukhtar, Current Defence Minister of Pakistan
Mushahid Hussain, Former Minister of Information of Pakistan
Khalid Ranjha, Former vice Chairman Punjab Bar Council and Federal Minister for Law
Zaeem Qadri MPA Punjab
Armed Forces
Major Shabbir Sharif NH SJ Shaheed
Group Captain (R) Cecil Chaudhry SJ
Squadron Leader (R) Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui HJ [[Sitara-e-Jurat|SJ
Lieutenant General (R) Ayaz Ahmed
Major General (R) Ghazi ud din Rana
Major General (R) Iftikhar Janjua HJ
Lt. General (R) Jagjit Singh Arora. Former C-in-C of India.
Air Chief Marshal (R) D. A. La Fontaine PVSM AVSM. Former Chief of the Air Staff, India.[6]
Brig Saad Muhammad S.I. (M)
Brig (r) Simon Samson Sharaf
Col Syed Shahid Mahmood
Lieutenant Colonel (Pilot) Ahmad Jawad Khan, Imtiazi Sanad & Bar, isc
Major Haroon Shahid, T.I. (M)
Major Faisal Naseem Siddiqui
Major Khawaja Salman Khalid
Maj Gen Noel Israel Khokhar
Wg Cdr Khurram Naseem
Major Muhammad Sohaib
Squadron Leader (R) Nadeem Ellahi
Major (R) Muhammad Akbar Khan
Brigadier Kamran Waheed
Major (R) Mughees Yahy
Major (r) Joseph P. G. Sharaf
Major (r) Justin Sharaf
Col (R) Amir Zafar
Nuclear scientists
Dr. Samar Mubarakmand
Abdul Qadeer Khan
Education
Dr Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, rector Lahore School of Economics
Shoaib Hashmi, professor, actor
Group captain (Retd) Cecil Chaudhry, 1965 war hero, former Principal of St. Anthony's High School
Farhan Ebadat Principal MAO College Lahore
Sportsmen
Rameez Raja, ex-Captain Pakistan cricket team, commentator
Wasim Raja
Saleem Altaf
Majid Khan, former captain of Pakistan cricket team
Javed Burki
Shahbaz Ahmad
Imran Zaka, Captain, Pakistan Juniors hockey team
Judiciary
Naeem Bukhari, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan
Ahmar Bilal Sufi, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan
Anwar Kamal, Former President LHCBA[7]
Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, Chief Justice Sindh High Court[8]
Justice Tejinder Pal Singh Chawla, Former Judge Delhi High Court[9]
Media
Shoaib Hashmi, playwright, actor, professor
Moammar Rana
Faisal Rehman, television star
Usman Peerzada, television star,[citation needed] owner of Rafi Peer Theater group
Asif Raza Mir, television actor, star of Tanhaiyaan
Imran Peerzada
Saadan Peerzada
Faizan Peerzada
Religious leaders
Lawrence Saldanha, Archbishop of Lahore
Joseph Coutts, Bishop of Faisalabad
Civil Service
Ambassador Samuel Thomas Joshua, Pakistan Foreign Service
S. Azmat Hassan
Babar W. Malik
Journalism
Muhammad Malik GEO/ Jang Group
Najam Sethi, TV anchor, Editor-in-chief Friday Times
Arif Nizami, Founder Pakistan Today, ex-Editor in chief The Nation
Other professions
Ch. Ahmed Saeed Chairman Servis Industries, Chairman Shalimar Hospital, Former Chairman PIA
Syed Asim Mahmood, writer & journalist
Ishtiaq Ahmed, political scientist
Jimmy Engineer
Adnan Ahmed, Zenith Romania
Syed Shoaib Ul-Hassan, London United Kingdom, Financial Advisor, owns Syed Enterprises Ltd.
Dr. Imtiaz Hussain Rizvi, MBBS, DMRD, FRCR, Professor & Chairman, Radiology, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan