Abbottabad Public School

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Abbottabad Public School
Pashto: ایبٹ آباد پبلک سکول‎ Urdu: ایبٹ آباد پبلک سکول‎
Motto	"Character is Destiny"
Established	1961
Type	Semi-Government
Academic staff	Science
Students	500 >Over 150 students
Location	Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,  Pakistan
Campus	7
Colors	Red and Blue
Nickname	aps
Website	www.aps.edu.pk

Abbottabad Public School (APS), formerly Railway Public School and Abbottabad Public School and College, is a public, all boys, boarding school for 7th to 12th grade students, located in Abbottabad, Pakistan.^[1] APS follows the philosophy of the British boarding schools where academic rigour is balanced with a disciplined boarding life with activities ranging from intramural sports to debating and cultural events.

Contents 1 History 2 Boarding houses 3 Student life 3.1 Facilities 3.2 Common rooms 4 Sports 5 Notable alumni 6 References

History

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In 1957, Pakistan Railways opened up a school outside Abbottabad on land donated by Sardar Bahadur Khan^{[citation needed]}, brother of the dictator and self-appointed Field Marshal Ayub Khan who later became the President of Pakistan. The school was called Railway Public School. After two years it was closed and then after a gap of one year, in April 1961, the school was renamed as Abbottabad Public School.
In 1986, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the then President, renamed the institution as Abbottabad Public School and College. Later on, the school Board of Governors, in its meeting on July 20, 2002, deleted the words “and College” and give the institution its original name Abbottabad Public School. It is popularly known as APS and its alumni as Abbottonians. The founding Principal was M. A. Rahman.
The main campus is 10 km outside Abbottabad on the road (Mansehra Road) that eventually becomes Karakoram Highway. It covers an area of about 55 acres (220,000 m²). The school is surrounded by deep natural crevices in almost a U-shape. The only non-crevice side faces a high mountain. The Karakoram Highway passes between school and the mountain.

Boarding houses

APS has seven main boarding houses in which all boarders reside. Up to a hundred students can live in each of these houses, in different room capacity dormitories. Each of these houses has a House Master, a House Tutor and several student Prefects. The houses are:

• Iqbal House
• Jinnah House
• Liaquat House
• Sir Syed House
• Nishtar House
• Rehman House
• Sardar Bahadur House
• Sultan Tipu House

The day-scholar house is Rehman House, named after Mr M. A. Rehman, the first principal of APS.

Student life

Facilities

Facilities include a mosque, one main dining hall and a cafeteria, grocery store, general store, book store, barber shop, cobbler, washerman pit, and fruit shop.

Common rooms

All the houses have a recreation rooms, called a “common-room”, with television, DVD, table tennis, carom, chess, draughts and Scrabble.

Sports

There is one football field, two hockey fields, one cricket field, four basketball courts, one tennis court, one volley ball court and an outdoor swimming pool. Table tennis, chess, Carom board, etc. are included in indoor games.
Events like Gymnastics, Athletics Olympiad, etc. are held annually. Inter-House Sports and Inter-College Sports fixture, etc. are also held against Cadet College Hasan Abdal, Cadet College Kohat, Lawrence College Ghora Gali, Rashtriya Indian Military College, Uttaranchal (India), etc

Abbottabad International Medical College

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Abbottabad International Medical College is a private medical college of Abbottabad, Pakistan.
For Further information regarding Abbottabad International Medical College Visit: Abbottabad

Badshahi Mosque

The Badshahi Mosque (Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد‎) or the 'Royal Mosque' in Lahore, commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore's most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction.
Capable of accommodating 5,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and a further 95,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Today, it remains the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca and the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad.
To appreciate its large size, the four minarets of the Badshahi Mosque are 13.9 ft (4.2 m) taller than those of the Taj Mahal and the main platform of the Taj Mahal can fit inside the 278,784 sq ft (25,899.9 m²) courtyard of the Badshahi Mosque, which is the largest mosque courtyard in the world.
In 1993, the Government of Pakistan recommended the inclusion of the Badshahi Mosque as a World Heritage Site in UNESCO's World Heritage List, where it has been included in Pakistan's Tentative List for possible nomination to the World Heritage List by UNESCO.^[1]

Army Burn Hall College Abbottabad

Army Burn Hall College (ABHC) is a school and college along English public school lines, situated in Abbottabad, Pakistan. There are separate wings for boys and girls. The girls section is located on Mall Road near the city center, the boys branch is in Mandian. Originally these were Junior Burn Hall and Senior Burn Hall Schools respectively. The junior school starts from Prep class and goes up to the Masters level for girls, the boys go to the senior school after finishing their sixth grade.

Contents 1 History 2 Chief instructors 3 Adjutants 4 Academics 5 Discipline 6 Infrastructure 7 Admission 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

History

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The school was originally established in Srinagar, Kashmir by the English Mill Hill missionary fathers. In 1948, a year after Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire, a few Fathers moved to Abbottabad with a handful of students^{[citation needed]} and set the school up in a small building, the Abbot Hotel^{[citation needed]}. The school was among the best in the country and soon more buildings were added to accommodate the increasing number of students. The school was under the control of the Diocesan Board of Education, Rawalpindi.
In 1956, a new school was constructed a few miles outside the town, on the Grand Trunk road. Its purpose was to provide more room for the seniors and became known as the Senior Burn Hall. The new school had sports facilities and a swimming pool.
The college is located 4300 feet above sea level in natural surroundings. There are inter-house competitions between St Michaels and St Andrews, (later renamed St Gabriel's). The college motto is 'Quo non Ascendam', which in Latin means 'To what heights can I not rise'.^{[citation needed]}
The Fathers who came to set up the school in Abbottabad realised that if Pakistan, as a nation, was to do well, then it needed men of high calibre. The British Empire was built on men who came from the public school system, therefore the Fathers replicated that. They were successful because boys from Burn Hall achieved distinction in the Civil Service, the Armed Forces, business and several other fields.
The Fathers promoted sports as a means of character building, strongly believing that character is made on the sports ground. St Michael's was represented by a black shield with gold border, crossed white lance and sword. St Gabriel's was represented by a lion holding a fiery torch.
There were seven sports: Cricket, Hockey, Football, Basketball, Tennis, Swimming, and Athletics.
The campus in the city center was Junior Burn Hall School while the campus outside city center was Senior Burn Hall School.In 1966/67, foreign experts had come to assist in building the Tarbella Dam and their families stayed in Abbotabad. Two daughters of one of the consultants joined the school and were the first foreign girls to enroll in Senior Burn Hall. Miss Samina Manzoor and Miss Imrana Hameed later became the first Pakistani girls to join ABHC. Foreign students came from Morocco, Egypt, Somalia, Laos, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Kenya, the US and Britain.
In 1977, the Burn Hall School Abbottabad, was taken over from the Mill Hill fathers and the Rawalpindi Diocese Board, by the Pakistan Army's 'Education Corps' and has since been known as the 'Army Burn Hall College and School'. Since then, gradually, it has increasingly lost its original high standards and unique characteristics, and become just another military style cadets' institution, turning out cyphers for army service.

Shah Faisal Mosque

The Faisal Mosque is the largest mosque in Pakistan, located in the national capital city of Islamabad. Completed in 1986, it was designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay to be shaped like a desert Bedouin's tent.
It is situated at the north end of Faisal Avenue, putting it at the northernmost end of the city and at the foot of Margalla Hills, the westernmost foothills of the Himalayas. It is located on an elevated area of land against a picturesque backdrop of the Margalla Hills. This enviable location represents the mosque's great importance and allows it to be seen from miles around day and night.
The Faisal Mosque is conceived as the National Mosque of Pakistan and named after the late King Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who supported and financed the project.^[2]
It is the largest mosque in South Asia and one of the largest mosques in the world. The Faisal Mosque was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 until 1993, when it was overtaken in size upon the completion of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. Subsequent expansions of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca and the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia during the 1990s relegated Faisal Mosque to fourth place in terms of size.

Contents 1 History 2 Design 3 Capacity 4 References in literature 5 Gallery 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

History

The impetus for the mosque began in 1966 when the late King Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz supported the initiative of the Pakistani Government to build a national mosque in Islamabad during an official visit to Pakistan.
In 1969, an international competition was held in which architects from 17 countries submitted 43 proposals. The mosque was designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay.^[3] Construction of the mosque began in 1976 by National Construction of Pakistan, led by Azim Khan and was funded by the government of Saudi Arabia, at a cost of over 130 million Saudi riyals (approximately 120 million USD today). King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz was instrumental in the funding, and both the mosque and the road leading to it were named after him after his assassination in 1975. The mosque was completed in 1986, and used to house the International Islamic University.
Many conservative Muslims criticised the design at first for its non-conventional design and lack of the traditional dome structure, but virtually all criticism was eventually silenced by the mosque's scale, form, and setting against the Margalla Hills upon completion

Hazara Universty

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Hazara University is located in Dhodial town, Mansehra District, Hazara in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town of Dhodial is located near to the city of Mansehra (the capital city of the district). It was formed in the building and land of Government Mental and General Hospital Dhodial. Hazara University has three faculties: the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Health Sciences.
The university was founded in 2002; Hazara University started its operations with meagre resources of one small building for academics and a small administration block. Initially Departments of Information Technology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Education, English, Islamiyat, Cultural Heritage and Tourism Management, Journalism and Mass Communication, Disaster and Rehabilitation Management, Botany, Genetics, Environment Sciences, Economics, Health and Physical Education, Arts and Designing, Political Sciences, Physics, Mathematics Law, and Department of Management Sciences started operations. University include of three campuses namely, (i) Garden campus (at Dhodial, Mansehra) (ii) Havelian campus (at Havelian) and (iii) Haripur campus (at Haripur). The university is currently ranked at No. 8 in General Universities(*Large )category of HEC rankings 2011. ^[1]

Ayub Medical College Abbottabad

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Ayub Medical College
ایوب میڈیکل کالج

Mission	To serve humanity.
Established	1979
University	Khyber Medical University
School Type	Public/Government
Dean	Dr. Abdul Rashid
Faculty	120
Students	1400
Undergraduates	1350
Postgraduates	50
Location	Abbottabad, KP, Pakistan
Campus	Suburban
Colours	Green      White
Affiliations	KMU, PMDC, CPSP, PNC, HEC
Website	ayubmed.edu.pk

Ayub Medical College (AMC) (Urdu, Pashto, Hindko: ایوب میڈیکل کالج) is a leading medical institute and one of several medical colleges affiliated to Khyber Medical University located in Abbottabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.^[1] AMC is home to 1400 students in the MBBS and BDS programs, with clinical rotations occurring at Ayub Teaching Hospital. The school has a large and experienced faculty to support its mission of education, research, and clinical care. Faculty members hold appointments at basic sciences and clinical departments. There are approximately 100 full and part-time faculty members consisting of lecturers, assistants, associate and full professors at AMC.

Contents 1 History 2 Campus 3 Recognition 4 Education 4.1 Undergraduate 4.2 Postgraduate 5 Departments 5.1 Attached hospitals 5.2 Institutes, schools and centers 6 Research 6.1 Journal of Ayub Medical College 6.2 Pakistan Journal of Physiology 7 Student life 7.1 Societies and clubs 7.2 Online 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

History

AMC began functioning in May 1979 at the Education Extension Centre in Abbottabad after a decision by the Government of Pakistan to establish another medical college outside the Peshawar region and to further aid in the development of medical health care in the Hazara and Gilgit-Baltistan region. The first batch of 100 students were accommodated at the Education Extension Centre, while the present AMC campus and teaching hospital were being constructed north of the town. The District Headquarters Hospital, Abbottabad remained affiliated to Ayub Medical College upon the opening of Ayub Teaching Hospital in 1990. On December 30, 1990 the present campus of Ayub Medical College opened its doors to students and faculty. The name of the college was chosen after former President Field Marshal Ayub Khan, who hailed from Haripur. Today AMC hosts one of the largest medical school campuses in Pakistan.^[2]