List of cadet colleges in Pakistan

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This is a list of cadet colleges in Pakistan. They are military high schools which prepare students for the armed forces.

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In Pakistan the system of cadet colleges was introduced by the then president of Pakistan Field Marshal Ayub Khan. The first cadet college was built in Punjab in the year 1954. The initial four cadet colleges were Cadet College Hasan Abdal, Cadet College Kohat, Faujdarhat Cadet College (then East Pakistan, now in Bangladesh) and Cadet College Petaro.

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Balochistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Punjab

Sindh

Gilgit Baltistan

Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Pak Naval Colleges

Military Colleges

PAF Colleges

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