St. Francis' Grammar School
For the school of the same name in Hartlepool, England, see St Francis RC Grammar School.
St. Francis' Grammar School is a private Catholic secondary school located in Baluchistan, Pakistan.[1] The school is situated on the Zarghoon Road (formerly known as Lytton Road). The school has playgrounds, hostel facilities (till the 80s), and a well stocked children's library.
History
The school was founded in 1936 by Msgr. Salesius Lemmens OFM, Apostolic Prefect to educate the children of British soldiers stationed in the area.[1][2] The school had the distinction of having Father Liberius Pieterse as Assistant Principal from 1937 to 1939 who translated the Bible into Urdu.
Alumni
- Major General Shakil Ahmed, Bangladesh Rifles[3]
- Air Commodore Sajad Haider, Pakistan Air Force official
- Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, former Prime Minister of Pakistan[4]
- Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Pakistani diplomat
- Muzaffar Hussain Shah, former Chief Minister of Sindh and Speaker of Sindh Assembly
References
External links
- School photograph by Dr Irfan Ahmed Khan, student (1961-1969)
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