Army Burn Hall College Abbottabad

Army Burn Hall College Abbottabad....


The Army Burn Hall College (ABHC) is situated in Mandian region of Abbottabad city. It is divided into two separate colleges for boys and for girls. The girls branch is located on the Mall Road near the city center, and the boys' branch is in near Mandian. Originally these were Junior Burn Hall and Senior Burn Hall Schools respectively. The junior school starts from Prep class goes up to the Masters level for girls, and the boys go to the senior school after finishing their sixth grade.




History...

Burn Hall traces its history back to 1943 when a team of missionaries from Mill Hill, London, established the Burn Hall School in Srinagar. It was named after an English Manor House, which had a hall with a stream (burn) running through it hence the name 'Burn Hall'. The school was administered by the Fathers in English public school tradition.

Some time in 1948, after Pakistan and India gained their Independence from the British Empire in 1947, a few Fathers moved to Abbottabad with a handful of students, and the help of Brigadier Aslam Khan (a brother of Air Marshal retd. Asghar Khan who also went under the name of Brigadier Pasha) and set up the school in a small hotel building, the Abbot Hotel. 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 Dicosesan Board of Education, Rawalpindi.

In 1956, a new school was constructed a few miles outside the town, on the GT (Grand Trunk) road, to provide more room for the seniors and became known as senior Burn Hall. The new school was designed to allow for adequate sports facilities and included playgrounds for all games, including swimming pool.

The college is located at 4300 feet above sea level in natural surroundings. It excelled in academic and literary activities[citation needed] and encouraged competition in sports by having House games between St Michaels and (St Andrews) later to be named St Gabriel's. The high standard achieved were in keeping with the school motto 'Quo non Ascendum' Latin for 'To what heights Can I not rise'.

(The above has been taken from the Burn Hall Alumni Association).

The only missionary left in Burn Hall School, Srinagar moved Burn Hall School to another location, Gupkar Road in Srinagar, Kashmir in 1956. The first principal of the school was Father Boerkamp.

Additional comments....

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, intelligent, strong willed, determined, nationalistic and with the highest level of integrity. The British Empire was built on men who came from the English Public schools and therefore the Fathers replicated that system. They were successful because Boys from Burn Hall achieved distinction in the civil service, Armed Forces and Business and other fields. Old Burn Hall boys who revisited Burn Hall School, always got special reception and were honoured by the Fathers by being invited to lunch and sitting with the Fathers at the Dining Table on the dias and the Fathers took great pride and revelled in stories and achievement's made of other old boys.

The Fathers promoted sports as a means of making a boys character believing that characters are made on the sports grounds. St Michaels was represented by a black shield with gold border, crossed white lance and sword. St Gabriels, were represented by a Lion Holding a fiery torch.

There were 7 games exercised; Cricket, Hockey, Football, Basketball, Tennis, Swimming, and athletics.

In 1966/67 There were foreign experts who had come to assist in building the Tarbella Dam and generally their families stayed in Abbotabad. The daughters of one of the consultantsi.e 2 sisters joined Burn Hall and were the first foreign girls to enroll in Senior Burn Hall. Miss Samina Manzoor(now Mrs Brig. Iqbal Hanif) daughter of Mrs Manzoor and Miss Imrana Hameed daughter of Mrs Hameed, senior teacher in Burn Hall (now Mrs Bashir Wali former Director General Intelligence Bureau Pakistan & Pakistani High Commissioner to Sri Lanka) became the first Pakistani girls to join Senior Burn HAll School. Foreign students came from Morocco, Egypt, Laos, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Kenya, US and Britain


Principals of Burn Hall
1948 to 1956
Rev Father Thysen
Rev Father G.Shanks
Rev Father Burns
Rev Father F.Scanlon
Senior Burn Hall School

1956-64 Rev Father F.Scanlon
1964-65 Rev Father E.Foord
1965-71 Rev Father F.Scanlon
1971-72 Rev Father N.Turner
1972-73 Rev Father j.van Schagen
1973-74 Rev Father M.Conroy
1974-76 Rev Father J.Klaver
Army Burn Hall College

Dec1976-83 Brig Bashir Ahmad Malik
1983-87 Brig Abdul Sattar
1987-92 Brig Zahur Ahmad
1992-96 Brig Irfan Aziz Malik
1996-98 Brig Muhammad Irshad Arshad
1998-01 Brig Muhammad Rafi Butt
2001-04 Brig Mahmud Bashir Bajwa
2004-07 Brig Muhammad Asif
2007-09 Brig Raheel Ashraf
2009-till date Brig Abdul Hafeez

Academics...

The college shows outstanding results in O Levels, Matriculation, and F.Sc Intermediate examinations[citation needed]. The total strength of Burn Hall is over 3,000 students and 200 faculty members. Physical training is usually provided by retired/serving trainers from the Pakistan Military.

The students of Burn Hall are known as 'Hallians' and have risen to prominence both in Pakistan and overseas.

The motto of the College is "Quo Non Ascendam" i.e. "To What Heights Can I Not Rise"

Every year a magazine is launched by the college, the magazine for girl section is called "HALLIAN" and that of boy section is called "HALLMARK". Last year, a student of class 1st Year Miss Javeria Qazi, launched her own official-student-run-magazine, with the consent of the principal, Brig. Noor Sultan Lali, known as "HalliZine", which has been appreciated by all faculty members.

Infrastructure...

Senior Burn Hall is divided into three houses. The houses are named after the Muslim heroes of Indian subcontinent.

Shah Ismail Shaheed House. colour is Red
Syed Ahmad Shaheed House. colour is Blue
Sultan Tipu Shaheed House. colour is Green
Before 1977 (when Fathers ran the school) the houses were named as

St Micheals House (now Shah Ismail Shaheed) St Gabriels Houses (now Syed Ahmad Shaheed)

There was no third house

The campus in City Center was Junior Burn Hall School while the campus outside city center was Senior Burn Hall School. Only in 1977 it became Collge. Now burn hall is unique institute of Pakistan having brilliant students incorporated in social working.


Admission...

Academic terms The academic year begins in the first week of March. It is divided in to three terms:-

First Term___March-June
Second Term__July-September
Third Term___October-December
Admission in 7th Class
Induction of student into the college begins in class 7th, for which an Entry test is organized every year at Abbottabad and Lahore. The Entry test is followed by intelligence test/interview at both locations for the successful candidates. The subjects for the examination are English, Urdu and Mathematics. The suitability of a candidate is assessed on the basis of his performance in the Entry test, intelligence test, interview and final merit. The date of the test is advertised in reputed Urdu and English national dailies, well in advance.



Alumni...

Students from Burn Hall have reached high levels in Politics, Armed Forces and Civil Services. Notable among these ex Burn Hall students are;

Maj General Naseerullah Khan Babar, Decorated for bravery with Sitara e Jurrat Twice in (1965 & 1971) Wars, Former Governor NWFP and Minister of Interior, Single handedly captured 150 Indian Soldiers when he was a Helicopter pilot(Major)in 1965 war.
Major (Retd)Naeem Hussain,joined Burn Hall in 1944 in Srinagar ,shifted to Pakistan on 29September1947,Rejoined Burn Hall when it reopened in Abbotabad in 1948. Did Senior Cambridge in 1950 & joined Pakistan Army in 1952.
Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed (Nawab of Amb, Ex Federal Minister)
Omar Asghar Khan [late] (Politician, founder of Sungi, son of Air Marshal Asghar Khan)
Prof Dr Akbar S. Ahmed, 1954-1959, Cambridge University, PCS, Author, Film Producer of Movie Jinnah.
Wasim Sajjad-1948-59 (Did Law from Cambridge University, England,Member Pakistan Senate)
Esmond da Cunha-1949-1953 Winner of Sword of Honour and Norman Gold Medal from Pakistan Military Academy later settled in Canada
Farooq Rahmatullah Khan (ex Chairman Shell Pakistan, and ex DG CAA. Brother of Air Marshal Asghar Khan)
Gohar Ayub Khan (Politician, son of Late President Field Marshall Ayub Khan)
Abdul Qadir Haye, Senior Cambridge - 1959,I.G. Police Islamabad in 1996 and IGP Baluchistan in 1999/2000.
Ejaz Rahim - Senoir Cambridge 1959,Senior Bureaucrat, writer and poet.Retired as Cabinet Secretary to the Government of Pakistan.He stood first in the CSS Examination in 1969.
Maj Gen Mahmud Ali Durrani, 1959 ''Winner of The Sword of Honour'' from Pakistan Military Academy (Ex Ambassador to the US & Former Security Advisor to Zardari Govt).
Dr. Kamil Muzaffar MBBS, FRCS, FACS, FICS (Senior Cambridge 1959), Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Loyola University,Maywood, IL, and Edward Hines Veterans Hospital, Hines, IL
Nisar Ali Khan-1968, Member National Assembly, Political Party PML-N.Present leader of opposition.
Tariq Ayub Qureshi-(1960 Senior Cambridge) Chartered Accountant & Senior Partner in Tariq Ayub, Anwar & Co. since 1974. Also on the board of Governors of Army Burn Hall School, Abbottabad.
Ahmed Hirany-1963-68, Now in Los Angeles. Singer, song writer, music composer and producer of CD "Pyar hee to hai..(Love is it)" with Kalyanji Anandji family. Please visit songsofthetimes.com for further details and photos.
Brig. Retd. Tanvir Ahmed Khan, Sitar-e-Jurat, Sitar-e-Imtiaz(M), FF
Brig.(R) Zahir Ullah, 1958-68
Brig. Retd Saeed Ismat "Sitara e Jurrat".
Prof Dr Sikander Hayat Khan (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz)- Rt.Head of Surgery PIMS,Islamabad - Chairman,Zubeda Khaliq Medical Trust,Skardu
Maj Richard Francis-1963-67, Armed Forces.
Syed Shabbir Ahmed, (Senior Camb 1967) Inspector General of Police, presently Commandant National Police Academy Islamabad.
Dr Shujaat Ali Khan (Plastic Surgeon, Fort Worth, USA - www.sakhanplsurgery.com)
Lt.Gen (R) Munir Hafeez (Ex Chairman NAB)
Maj Gen (R) Ali Hamid
Brigadier (R) Muhammad Marghub Awan
Brig Khalid Mahmood, SI(M) DG Army Aviation.
Tanvir Ashraf Kaira, MPA, Punjab PPP.
Brigadier (R) Jehanzeb Raja
Lt Gen Ayaz Saleem Rana, Chairman Heavy Industries Taxila Winner of The Sword of Honour
Waqar Qureshi, Commissioner Hazara division
Maj Gen Niaz Muhammad Khan Khattak
Humayun Akhtar Khan,MNA,Politician and former Federal Minister for Investment and Chairman Board Of Investment.
Maj Gen Tariq Khan, (Senior Camb 1973)IG Frontier Corps Winner of The Sword of Honour
Brigadier Shaukat Ali
Brigadier (R) Tanveer Ahmed Khan
Dr. Ishtiaq Khattak (Swat)
Sardar Ali former MNA (PPP)from Pabbi
Brigadier Tariq Jillani(Senior Camb 1974)
Colonel(R) Qasim Hameed Khan (Senior Camb1974, now an Airline Transport Pilot in Air Blue International Airlines).
Colonel(R) Kaiser Hameed Khan(Senior Camb1974, now Manager Administration Petroleum Exploration Ltd Islamabad)
Colonel (R) Tariq Khan (Senior Camb 1974)
Colonel Dr. Parveen Khalid Gilani.
Dr. Laveeza Bhatti, MD.Phd (now in California USA, Director of Hepatitus Clinic Westside HCC)
Dr Aftab Jamal,Eye Specialist
Dr Saleem Afzal MBBS(Pesh), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), Associate Professor of Medicine(Ayub Medical College) and visiting consultant Ayub Hospital complex
Dr Adil Nickelwala Texas USA
Dr Tayeb Raza Shah Andrabi, Huston Texas USA .
Dr. Tauqir Shah, presently Advisor on Bonded Labour in International Labour Organization, Islamabad.
Brigadier Doctor Iqbal Hanif Aurakzai
Dr Tasneemullah
Khizar Yar Khan, 2000-05
Dr Karamatullah
Khalid Dilawar Chartered Accountant
Farzana Tajdar USA
Asif Akbar Swati, CEO Drummond & Walker Solicitors UK
Kamal Javed Elias, International Banker, New Jersey USA
Professor Dr. Jamal Javed Elias Phd, the Chair at Department of Religious studies, University of Pennsylvania Amherst USA
Faisal Bin Saleh Businessman Karachi
Amer Syed Advocate
Omar Ayub Khan (Politician, son of Gohar Ayub)
Zarak Khan, Captain (Pilot) Pakistan International Airlines.
Dr. Muhammad Saqib Saeed (MRCP, MO Ayub Medical College&Hospital)
Dr. Adil Mahboob Khan Gorsi (resident surgeon, Norway)
Tariq Hafeez Raja (Pilot- Flying school in Fort Worth TX U.S.A., Senior Air Traffic Controller (SATCO), currently Senior DTM in CAA Pakistan)
Dr Chaudhry Liqa Hussain 1968-1976 MRCPsych (UK) MCPsych (Ir) MRCPI (Peds) DCP (RCPSI) DCH (RCPSI) DPM (RCPSI) MHMPP (Leeds) LLM Medical Law (Northumbria University UK) - Certified European Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - currently working as Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Ireland
Tanvir Ahmed Mohajir, Wing Commander PAF
Mustapha Ahmed, Notable Business Intelligence Developer, USA
Shabbir Ahmed Mohajir, Businessman
Dr Naseem Yar Khan, Germany
Sikandar Bashir Mohmand, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Hameedullah Khan, Air Commodore PAF
Riaz-ul-Hassan Khattak (MPA, IAQ, CCNA & SCSA) Currently working for Bank of Scotland UK
Dr.Faisal Zeb (1989 to 1991) MRCP Ireland---General Physician & Gastroenterologist.
Ch.Faisal Mehboob Khan Gorsi, Civil Engineer. Abu Dhabi
Mohammad Abbas (1983-1996), MSC ADMIS from London School of Economics UK, Investment Analyst: International Islamic Bank.
Captain Ahmed Raza Khan, ''"Winner of Overseas Sword of honour from Sandhurst Military Academy UK", Awarded by Queen Elizabeth.
Major Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti of Pak Army, Sandhurst Military Academy, UK. recently awarded cane for achieving first position in foreign command and staff college at France.
Ijaz Chowdry CEO, Founder, and Chairman of Atlas Air in the USA, Ijaz is in the Forbes Magazine and recognized all over the World for his great Achievements, Ijaz went to Burn Hall school in 1962
Umair Imran Qazi (Lieutenant Armoured Corps) "Winner of Overseas Sword of Honour" from UK Sandhurst Military Academy, along with Priince Saud Abdullah Prize& Pakistan Defence and international Affairs Prize.
Brigadier Doctor Shuja ul Mulk, Commandant Army Medical Corps Centre
Brigadier Doctor Farhat Abbas Bhatti HEAD OF PATHOLOGY PNS SHIFA.
Squadron Leader Nasir Iqbal, Winner of Sword of Honour from Pakistan Airforce Academy, 88th GD(P) course.
Saud Baig airline Transport Pilot Air Blue Airline
Adnan Hashmat MBA (Finance), Businessman
Mahin Syed
Muhammad Yahya Khan,Businessperson