St Mary's Cambridge School

St Mary's Cambridge School is situated on Murree Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest independent schools of Rawalpindi. St. Mary's Cambridge is in an old building which was previously used as hospital, named Holy Family Hospital. The hospital moved to its present building in satellite town during early 1960s and the building was handed over to school. This school caters only for boys. The classes are from Playgroup to year 10 (known as Matric). Classes are divided in 3 sections, "A, B, C" like 1-A, 1-B, 1-C, etc. In the "B" section, only Muslim students study. "A" section has both Muslims & Christian students, while the "C" section has only Christian students. However after 8th grade, no more religious separation is in place and after 8th grade, A and B section are for those students who opt Biology as their major subject and C is for those who opt "Computer science". For decades St. Mary's served the local population by providing high quality education. It lagged behind in competition with private school chains which started emerging on the scene in 1980s. St. Mary's provides well rounded education by not only focusing on curriculum, but developing the abilities of its boys in various fields, Like arts, Drama, Debates and sports.

The school was initially under management of Christian missionaries and is now run by local catholic community, it provides religious education in Islam as per curriculum decided by the local education board.

The School has a website started by Alumni at www.saintmaryscambridge.com. This website has a discussion forum which can be used by members by logging-in.

History

Location

St. Mary's is located on famous Murree Road between Liaqat Bagh and Committee Chowk. it was once easily accessible from anywhere in the city and even Islamabad, but with increasing traffic in the city, pupils from further afield areas do not join the school anymore. The school lacks proper parking spaces for the teachers and safe drop off zone for children.

Facilities

School has three main blocks, with a separate block for primary education, It has a playfield, used for football and cricket, it also has a basketball court, a vollyball court and outdoor badminton court.

Notable Alumni

* General Asif Nawaz Janjua, Chief of Army Staff Pakistan Army Died in service.
* Rashid Minhas Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider (Highest Military Honour of Pakistan). Pakistan Air Force
* Wing Commander Mansur Muzaffar, Anaesthetist / Anaesthesiologist ,TI(M), UN Award Holder Pakistan Air Force
* Mr Aftab Jameel, World Bank.
* Dr Fareed Nasir, Surgeon, United Kingdom.
* Dr Armaghan Butt, Family Medical Specialist, UK.
* Dr Kamran Rasheed, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Shifa Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan.
* Mr Naveed Ahmed, Chemical Engineer, Senior Engineer, Attock Oil Refinery, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
* Mr Haroon Ahmed Gauher, Hardware Computer engineer, MSc, Austin, Texas.
* Mr.Haroon Hamid Faizi, Snr.First Line Manager, Bristol-Myers Squibb,Pakistan.
* Mr Nasir Bilal, PHD, Mechanical Engineer, USA.
* Dr Atif Razaaq, Consultant Anesthetist, Birmingham, UK.
* Mr Mohammad Ali Raja, Computer Engineer, Toronto, Canada.
* Mr Hammad Qureshi, (MBA, MSC IT) Edinburgh, Design Manager, Skanska UK, PFI Healthcare.
* Mr. Hasnat Ahmed Qureshi, BSc Computer Sciences (UK). CEO, Silicon Interface & Virtual Wings Digital, UAE.
* Mr. Jau Qureshi, MBA, Corporate Account Manager UK.
* Mr Omar Hanif, Aeronautical Engineer, Tolouse, France.
* Dr. S. Ghalib Imam Zaidi, Neuro Surgeon, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh.
* Maj. S. Saeb Imam Zaidi, Telecom Engineer.
* Mr. S. Saqib Imam Zaidi, (ACMA, APA, DAIBP-I), Resident Vice President, Faysal Bank Limited, Islamabad.
* Mr. S. Talib Imam Zaidi, (ACMA, APA, DAIBP-I), Assistant Vice President, Dubai Islamic Bank, Islamabad.
* Mr. Fahad Asad PHD (Strategic Leadership USA ),Owner of [http://www.asiacouriers.com Asiacouriers] ,Online Gift Service To Pakistan.
* Mr. Mustafeez Raja (CSE) Process Engineer, National Semiconductor, Arlington, Texas, U.S.A
* Mr. Ali Mumtaz Rao, (M.Sc, M.Phil(QAU), M.Econ (Manchester University) Welfare Rights and Debt Advisor, Local Government UK.
* Mr. Kashif Bilal Chaudhry, MBA (IT), UK.
* Mr. Muhammad Farrukh Ali, MS(IT).
* Mr. Raees Jabbar, MBA (Marketing), Poland
* Mr. Muneeb Iqbal, ABE (BIS), UK.
* Mr. Sohail Saeed (Matric-1994. BCS, BBA, MSc E-commerce (UK)).
* Dr. Adeel Malik, University of Oxford, UK
* Dr. Najaf Nawaz Siddiqi (MBBS Nishtar Medical College) (General Surgeon in UK).
* Mr. Kashif Nawaz Siddiqi (Advocate) (Attained his law dergree from The University of Buckingham (UK))
* Mr. Muhammad Ikramul Haq, MS(CS) FAST-NU, Islamabad, Software Engineer Microsoft Corporation (Seattle, WA)
* Dr. Wasim Q. Malik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
* Maj. Omer Rao, Mechanical Engineer, Pakistan Army
* Mr. Syed Abdul Basit, [http://www.Movial.fi Movial] Finland
* Mr Amir Ali Abbas, Aeronautical Engineer, PAF.
* Plt Off Umer Ali,Aeronautical Engineer,PAKITAN AIRFORCE.
* Mr. Raza Mumtaz, TV & Broadcast Media Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
* Mr. Muhammad Ahsan Nazir,Fahsion Designer,PSFD, [http://www.ahsandesignstudio.com ahsandesignstudio]
* Mr. Muhammad Hassan Nazir,(IT Graduate London Metropolitan University),UK.