Abbottabad Public School

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. Abbottabad Public School is located at an altitude of about 4500 feet.[2][3][4][5]

Abbottabad Public School
ایبٹ آباد پبلک سکول
Location
Abbottabad
,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan
Coordinates34°13′33″N 73°14′29″E
Information
TypeSemi Government School
Motto"Character is Destiny" (English),
"Simiae sunt" (Latin)
Established1961
FounderM.A Rehman
PrincipalProf. Dr. Syed Waqar Ali Rizvi
FacultyScience
EnrollmentOver 120 enrollment per year
CampusLiaqat House , Iqbal House , Jinnah House , Sir Syed House , Nishtar House , Sardar Bahadur House , Sultan Tipu House , Rehman House 
Color(s)   
NicknameAPS
Websitewww.aps.edu.pk

History

In 1957, Pakistan Railways opened up a school outside Abbottabad on official railway land 'donated' by Sardar Bahadur Khan, brother of General (self-proclaimed Field Marshal) Ayub Khan from Haripur, Hazara. 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. The school Board of Governors, in its meeting on July 20, 2002, deleted the words “and College” and gave the institute its original name Abbottabad Public School. It is popularly known as APS and its alumni as Abbottonians. Abbottabad Public School had the word "College" attached to it sometime in the 90's. 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 ravine in almost a U-shape. The only non-crevice side faces a high mountain. The Karakoram Highway passes between the school and the mountain.

Notable alumni
  • Shaukat Aziz – former Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • Nasir-ul-Mulk - former Chief Justice of Pakistan & Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • Ahmad Mukhtar – former Defence Minister of Pakistan
  • Shehzad Arbab – former Chief Secretary, KP & Advisor to PM Imran Khan on Establishment
  • Ahmad Saeed – CEO Servis Industries
  • Maj Gen Ameer Faisal Alvi – former GOC Special Service Group (SSG)
  • Arbab Alamgir Khan – Former Federal Minister of Communications
  • Omar Asghar Khan – former Federal Minister, founder of Sungi, PILER and SEBCON and Qaumi Jamhoori Party
  • Capt Akash Rabbani (late) - First Martyr of Operation Zarb-e-Azb
  • Bilal Omer khan (late) - Major General
  • Naeem Khan - former Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Baluchistan and Former Federal Secretary Kashmir Affairs and Norther areas
  • Khalid Zubair Managing Director Schlumberger Pakistan
  • DR. Zeeshan Asif - Deputy Commissioner FBR
  • Haider Ali Khan - MNA Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
  • Amir Rabbani - Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank N.A

See also

References
  1. Abbottabad Public School
  2. "Abbottabad Public School". aps.edu.pk. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  3. "Latitude and Longitude". aps.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  4. "Abbottabad Public School Video | School Activities, Sports & Lectures". aps.edu.pk. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. "Abbottabad Public School". valleyofhazara.blogspot.com. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
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