St. Francis Grammar School

For the school in Hartlepool, England, see St Francis Roman Catholic Grammar School.

St. Francis' Grammar School
Location
Zarghoon Road, Quetta, Baluchistan Pakistan
Coordinates	30°12′04″N67°00′34″E / 30.201083°N 67.009391°E / 30.201083; 67.009391
Information
Type	Private primary and secondary school
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholicism
Patron saint(s)	Saint Francis of Assisi
Established	1936;89 years ago (1936)
Oversight	Catholic Board of Education Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta
Principal	Sylvia Nathaniel
Number of students	2000 (2009) [1]

St. Francis' Grammar School is a private Catholic secondary school located in Baluchistan, Pakistan. ^[1] The school is situated on the Zarghoon Road (formerly known as Lytton Road). The school has playgrounds, hostel facilities (till the 80s), and a well stocked children's library.

History

The school was founded in 1936 by Msgr. Salesius Lemmens OFM, Apostolic Prefect to educate the children of British soldiers stationed in the area. ^{[1] [2]} The school had the distinction of having Father Liberius Pieterse as Assistant Principal from 1937 to 1939 who translated the Bible into Urdu.

Alumni

• Major General Shakil Ahmed, Bangladesh Rifles ^[3]
• Air Commodore Sajad Haider, Pakistan Air Force official
• Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, former prime minister of Pakistan ^[4]
• Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, former prime minister of Pakistan, and Senator ^[5]
• Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Pakistani diplomat
• Muzaffar Hussain Shah, former chief minister of Sindh and Speaker of Sindh Assembly

References

1. "Meet Quetta's 'Untouchable' Christians". The Diplomat .
2. "Msgr. S. Lemmens, OFM" New Venlo Courant, May 1, 1942
3. "thedailystar.net 6 March 2009".
4. "UCA News". UCA News .
5. "Anwaar ul Haq Kakar", Wikipedia, 2025-05-05, retrieved 2025-05-10

External links

• School photograph by Dr Irfan Ahmed Khan, student (1961-1969)