Presentation Convent School, Peshawar, 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 Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi

Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan....

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

Punjab region

The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...

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

, Jhelum

Presentation Convent School, Jhelum

Presentation Convent School, Jhelum, was founded by the Presentation Sisters and is regulated by the Catholic Board of Education under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore....

, 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

Mingora is the largest city in Swat District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of and lies on the banks of River Swat about from Saidu Sharif, the present capital of Swat. As of 1998, the population of Mingora was about 175,000...

 (Swat) and in Sindh

Sindh

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Its most famous alumnus (1932–35) is Major-General Naseerullah Khan Babar, a former Interior Minister of Pakistan from 1993-1996.

A bomb hoax created panic in the Presentation Convent School on The Mall on May 10, 2002.