Presentation Convent School, Jhelum, was founded by the Presentation Sisters

Presentation Sisters

The Presentation Sisters, also known as the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary are an order of Roman Catholic women founded in Cork, Ireland by Nano Nagle in 1775....

 and is regulated by the Catholic Board of Education

Catholic Board of Education

The Catholic Board of Education is the arm of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan responsible for education. Each diocese has its own board. Collectively the Catholic Church runs 534 schools, 8 colleges, and 7 technical institutes in its 2 archdioceses, 4 dioceses, and one Apostolic...

 under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore is an archdiocese in Punjab, Pakistan.-History:It was founded as a diocese on 1 September 1886, having previously been the Vicariate of Punjab. On 23 April 1994 the diocese was elevated to the rank of Archdiocese. Fr...

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On September 8, 1895, the first Presentation Convent School in the Punjab

Punjab region

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 was opened by three Irish nuns. Today in Pakistan there are Presentation schools catering for the educational needs of around thirteen thousand children in Urdu- and English-medium schools. Presentation schools are: Rawalpindi

Presentation Convent Girls High School

Presentation Convent High School Rawalpindi, is a missionary school located in Lalkurti area of Rawalpindi Cantonment, Pakistan.In 1895 Mother Ignatius McDermott, Sr. Xavier Lonergan and Sr. Evangelist Coatsworth arrived in Rawalpindi from Madras. The first Mass was celebrated on 8 September 1895...

, Murree

Presentation Convent High School, Murree

Presentation Convent High School, Murree, was founded by the Presentation Sisters and is regulated by the Catholic Board of Education under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi....

, Peshawar

Presentation Convent School, Peshawar

Presentation Convent School, Peshawar, was founded by the Presentation Sisters and is regulated by the Catholic Board of Education under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi....

, Sargodha

Presentation Convent High School, Sargodha

Presentation Convent High School, Sargodha, Pakistan, was founded by the Presentation Sisters and is regulated by the Catholic Board of Education under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi.-History:...

, (Khushab

Khushab

Khushab is a city of Khushab District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil an administrative subdivision of the district....

 Distt.), Wah

Wah

Wah is a city in the Rawalpindi District in Punjab, Pakistan. It contains a garden which is said to have been built by the Mughal emperor Akbar in the 16th century. Wah Cantonment is nearby....

, Risalpur

Risalpur

Risalpur is a city in Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the Nowshera-Mardan Road. It is nearly 45 km from Peshawar and 15 km from Mardan and is located at 34°4'52N 71°58'21E. In a basin some 1014 feet above sea level, it is bounded on the south and west by the Kabul and...

, Mingora

Mingora

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 (Swat) and Sindh

Sindh

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On January 13, 1950, four Sisters arrived in Jhelum, one of the smallest cities in Pakistan. They laid the foundation of the Presentation Convent School. In 2009, 1700 students are enrolled in the school. The Principal is Sr. Riffat Sadiq.

Its most famous alumnus is Lieutenant General Masood Aslam

Masood Aslam

Lieutenant General Muhammad Masood Aslam, HI, HI, SJ, afwc, psc, is a retired three-star general who served as the principal commander of Pakistan Army fighting the pro-Taliban forces in the North-West Pakistan from 2007 to 2010...

, Sitara-i-Jurat,
Colonel Commandant of the Punjab Regiment of the Pakistan Army.