St. Anthony's High School is part of 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...

 in Pakistan

Pakistan

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. It is ranked among the best educational institutions in Punjab. It is situated at Lahore's historical road, The Mall

The Mall (Lahore)

The Mall in Lahore, Pakistan , is one of the city's main roads, and, along with the Grand Trunk Road, one of its most famous as well...

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The Marist Fathers of Ireland established St. Anthony's High School in 1892. It now has been expanded to college level as well. The Sacred Heart Cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore was consecrated by Bishop Fabian Eestermans, Bishop of Lahore on 19 November 1907. The design of this Cathedral was made according to the Roman Byzantine style by a Belgian architect, Dr. Dubbeleere of Antwerp....

 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

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 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.

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

India

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 to play a series of matches with the St John’s Cricket Academy team. Mr Cecil Chaudhry

Cecil Chaudhry

Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry is a Pakistani Christian, educationalist, human rights activist and veteran fighter pilot. As a Flight Lieutenant, he fought in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 and later, as a Squadron Leader, in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971...

 was Principal of St Anthony’s High School at the time. 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
  Nawaz Sharif
  Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani conservative politician and steel magnate who served as 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from November 1990 to July 1993, and from February 1997 to October 12, 1999...
  
  , Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
  Prime Minister of Pakistan
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• Shahbaz Sharif
  Shahbaz Sharif
  Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif is a well-known conservative Pakistani politician and currently President of Pakistan Muslim League . He is the brother of Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He is the chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province Punjab since 2008...
  
  , Chief Minister of Punjab
• Salman Taseer, Late, Former Governor of Punjab
  Governor of Punjab (Pakistan)
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• Ishaq Dar
  Ishaq Dar
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  , former Finance Minister of Pakistan
  Finance Minister of Pakistan
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• Salman Shah
  Salman Shah
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  , Former Finance Minister of Pakistan
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• Ahmad Mukhtar, Current Defence Minister of Pakistan
• Mushahid Hussain
  Mushahid Hussain
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  , Former Minister of Information of Pakistan
• Khalid Ranjha
  Khalid Ranjha
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  , Former vice Chairman Punjab Bar Council
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   and Federal Minister for Law
• Kamran Lashari
• Nawabzada Farooq

International figures

• Irfan Rahim, United Nations International Maritime Organization
  International Maritime Organization
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Armed Forces

• Major Shabbir Sharif
  Shabbir Sharif
  Major Shabbir Sharif Rana was a Pakistani officer who received both the Sitara-e-Jurat and Nishan-e-Haider for his bravery.-Early life and military career:...
  
   NH
  Nishan-e-Haider
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   Shaheed
• Group Captain
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   (R)
  Retirement
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   Cecil Chaudhry
  Cecil Chaudhry
  Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry is a Pakistani Christian, educationalist, human rights activist and veteran fighter pilot. As a Flight Lieutenant, he fought in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 and later, as a Squadron Leader, in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971...
  
   SJ
  Sitara-e-Jurat
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• Squadron Leader
  Squadron Leader
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   (R)
  Retirement
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   Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui
  Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui
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   HJ SJ
  Sitara-e-Jurat
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• Major General
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   (R)
  Retirement
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   Iftikhar Janjua
  Iftikhar Janjua
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   HJ
• Lt. General (R)
  Retirement
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   Jagjit Singh Arora. Former C-in-C
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   of India
  India
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• Air Chief Marshal
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   (R)
  Retirement
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   D. A. La Fontaine PVSM
  Param Vishisht Seva Medal
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   AVSM
  Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
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  . Former Chief of the Air Staff, India
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• Brig Saad Muhammad S.I (M)
• Major Haroon Shahid,T.I (M)

Education

• S. Azmat Hassan
  S. Azmat Hassan
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• Dr Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, Rector Lahore School of Economics
  Lahore School of Economics
  The Lahore School of Economics was established in 1993 and chartered by the Government of Punjab in January 1997, through The Lahore School of Economics Act 1997 . It is based in the city of Lahore, Pakistan....
  
  
• Shoaib Hashmi
  Shoaib Hashmi
  -Family life and education:Hashmi did his MA in Economics from Government College , Lahore and his MSC from London School of Economics , London. He also studied theater at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London....
  
  ,Professor, Actor
• Group captain(Retd) Cecil Chaudhry
  Cecil Chaudhry
  Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry is a Pakistani Christian, educationalist, human rights activist and veteran fighter pilot. As a Flight Lieutenant, he fought in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 and later, as a Squadron Leader, in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971...
  
  , 1965 war hero, Former Principal of St, Anthony's High School

Sportsmen

• Rameez Raja
  Rameez Raja
  Rameez Hasan Raja is a former Pakistani right handed batsman in cricket, who represented the Pakistan cricket team during the 1980s and 1990s. He also worked as captain of the national team...
  
  , Ex-Captain Pakistan Cricket team, Commentator
• Wasim Raja
  Wasim Raja
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  ,
• Saleem Altaf
  Saleem Altaf
  Saleem Altaf Bokhari is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1967 to 1978. After retirement, Altaf worked as Director, Cricket Operations for the Pakistan Cricket Board from 2004 to 2006 and later as Director, Special Projects from 2006 to 2008.He was terminated...
  
  
• Majid Khan
  Majid Khan
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  , former captain of Pakistan cricket team
• Javed Burki
  Javed Burki
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  ,
• Shahbaz Ahmad,
• Imran Zaka, Captain, Pakistan National Hockey Team

Judiciary

• Naeem Bukhari
  Naeem Bukhari
  Naeem Bokhari, born on October 27, 1948 is a Pakistani TV personality and a Senior Advocate Supreme Court. Bokhari was born in Lahore, Pakistan to Syed Altaf Hussain Bokhari with a shiite ancestory...
  
  , Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan
  Supreme Court of Pakistan
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• Ahmar Bilal Sufi, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan
  Supreme Court of Pakistan
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• Anwar Kamal, Former President LHCBA
  Lahore High Court Bar Association
  Lahore High Court Bar Association is situated in Lahore.Lahore Bar as a collective group took birth somewhere before 1892-93 and its first President was elected in 1993. In 1910 the Executive Committee recommended that the Bar Association should be registered...
  
  
• Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, Chief Justice
  Chief Justice
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   Sindh High Court
  Sindh High Court
  The High Court of Sindh is the highest judicial institution of Sindh province. Established in 1906, it is situated at provincial capital Karachi. Apart from being the highest Court of Appeal for Sindh in civil and criminal matters, the Court was the District Court and the Court of Session in...
  
  
• Justice Tejinder Pal Singh Chawla, Former Judge Delhi High Court
  Delhi High Court
  The High Court of Delhi was established on 31 October 1966. The High Court of Delhi was established with four judges. They were Chief Justice K. S. Hegde, Justice I. D. Dua, Justice H. R. Khanna and Justice S. K. Kapur.-History:...
  
  

Shobiz

• Shoaib Hashmi
  Shoaib Hashmi
  -Family life and education:Hashmi did his MA in Economics from Government College , Lahore and his MSC from London School of Economics , London. He also studied theater at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London....
  
  , Playwright, Actor,Professor
• Moammar Rana
  Moammar Rana
  Moammar Rana is an actor from Pakistan's Lahore-based film industry called "Lollywood". Moammar also worked in the blockbuster TV dramas such as Dil, Diya, Dehleez. Moammar is son of former Pakistani cricketer Shafqat Rana....
  
  
• Faisal Rehman, TV Star
• Usman Peerzada, TV Star,Owner of Rafi Peer Theater group

Religious People

• Lawrence Saldanha
  Lawrence Saldanha
  Lawrence John Saldanha was born in Mangalore, India on 25 October 1936. He received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi and was ordained a priest in Lahore, Pakistan on 16 January 1960....
  
  , Archbishop of Lahore
  Lahore
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• Joseph Coutts, Bishop of Faisalabad

Journalism

• Najam Sethi
  Najam Sethi
  Najam Sethi is an award-winning Pakistani journalist and the editor-in-chief of The Friday Times, a Lahore-based political weekly. He was previously the editor of Daily Times and Daily Aajkal newspapers. He also hosts a popular political program in Urdu, called Aapas ki Baat, on GEO News...
  
  , TV anchor, Editor-in-chief Friday Times
• Arif Nizami, Founder Pakistan Today, Ex Editor in chief The Nation

Other Professions

• Ahmad Saeed, Former Managing Director, Pakistan International Airline(PIA)
• Syed Asim Mahmood
  Syed Asim Mahmood
  Syed Asim Mahmood Urdu Writer, Encyclopedist, Researcher, Editor and Journalist. He has written 13 books and many articles on Science and Fine arts. He edited three Magazines and currently he is associated with Pakistan’s leading Newspaper, Daily Express as a Senior Sub Editor...
  
  , Writer & Journalist
• Ishtiaq Ahmed, Political Scientist
• Jimmy Engineer
  Jimmy Engineer
  Jimmy Engineer is a Pakistani artist, social worker, philanthropist and stamp designer.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Adnan Ahmed
  Adnan Ahmed
  Adnan Farooq Ahmed is a professional footballer who plays for Bradford Park Avenue in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. Ahmed is a British Asian of Pakistani descent...
  
  , 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

External links

• St. Anthony's 116-year General Body Meeting
• St. Anthony's Faisal Town

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