Presentation Convent School, Peshawar

For other uses, see Presentation High School (disambiguation).

Presentation Convent High School
Location
Peshawar Pakistan
Information
Type	Private School
Administration	Catholic Board of Education
Affiliations	Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi.

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.

On September 8, 1895, the first Presentation Convent School in the Punjab 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, Murree, Jhelum, Sargodha, (Khushab Distt.), Wah, Risalpur, Mingora (Swat) and in Sindh.

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.^[1]

References

↑ Dawn May 13, 2002

Schools in Peshawar

Beaconhouse School System The City School Forward Model School PakTurk International School and College Presentation Convent School St. Mary's High School

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