Government Gordon College, Rawalpindi is a government

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Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

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that was established as a church school in 1893. The college is named after Andrew Gordon.(Muhammad Asif
Gordon College Rawalpindi: A victim of flawed policies
Pakistan Observer (newspaper), Published 8 June 2022, Retrieved 21 November 2022 The college year is made up of an annual system: examination are held once every year. Enrollment at Gordon College is in thousands of students, with around hundreds living on campus. The campus has many buildings, which include a large stadium (used for hockey, football and cricket), basketball court, tennis courts, and badminton court. The college has a large and historic auditorium. The college includes a great library with thousands of new and old books, which also includes a shelf where all books are gifted from the American Embassy, besides this, it also has an old museum prototype. Now with new reforms, this college developed its BS education level and made it co-education which can serve for both males and females.

History

The history of Gordon College can be traced to 1856 when Christian Grammar High School was established in Raja Bazar near the present campus. The college chapter of the school was opened in 1893 with 14 students as class I. There were six subjects offered at intermediate college: History, Philosophy, Mathematics, English, Persian, and Sanskrit. In 1893, it was converted into a college and was named after the

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head, Andrew Gordon. Initially, it was affiliated with the

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. After the

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in 1947, it was outside the city area; with increasing population, the college is now surrounded by commercial and official buildings. It is a mix of old and new style buildings and has lost some of its academic claims in the years since it became a state institution. Originally, it was founded as a private,

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-affiliated institution and was the only college functioning in the city of

. It has a long history and one professor and principal who best represents that history: Ralph Randles Stewart joined the Gordon College, Rawalpindi in 1911 to teach elementary

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and

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to pre-medical students. He served as a professor in Botany (1917 – 1960) and as principal of the college from 1934 to 1954. In 1972, the college was nationalized by the government and administration was taken from the church and subsequently was converted into a government college.

Courses

Gordon College is one of the oldest academic institutions in Pakistan. It offers education services starting from initial college level studies (11th grade in Pakistan) to the master's degree level. Degrees are offered in the Sciences and Humanities. Three level of degrees are offered: * Intermediate (11th and 12th grades, leading to F.Sc, F.A, ICS and also offers other courses with different combinations) * Bachelor (Gordon College has the honor that it is the only public sector or government college in the upper Punjab Potohar region to offer a four-year BS program. The college offers BS in Botany, Mathematics, Information Technology, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Political Science, Psychology, Statistics and English.) * Master's (Currently, Masters in English, Psychology and Political Science is offered.) Computer Science Education and diploma courses are also offered.

Notable alumni

Arshad Sharif Arshad Sharif ( ur, ; 22 February 1973 – 23 October 2022) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, and television news anchor. He specialised in investigative journalism and covered many political events in the country for national and internati ...

, Pakistani Jounalist *

Azra Quraishi Azra Quraishi (22 September 1945 – 22 November 2002) was a leading botanist from Pakistan. She worked on the improvement of potato production in Pakistan and became known for her work on tissue culture. She was given the Borlaug Award in 1 ...

, notable Pakistani botanist and educator *

Jagan Nath Azad Jagan Nath Azad (5 December 1918 – 24 July 2004), List.No.380 was an Indian Urdu poet, writer and academician. He wrote over 70 books, including poetry collections, poems, biographies, and travelogues. He was an authority on the life, ...

Shaukat Aziz Shaukat Aziz ( ur, ; born 6 March 1949) is a Pakistani former banker and financier who served as 17th prime minister of Pakistan from 28 August 2004 to 15 November 2007, as well as the finance minister of Pakistan from 6 November 1999 to 15 ...

, former prime minister of Pakistan *

Malik Shakeel Awan Malik Shakeel Awan ( ur, ملک شکیل اعوان; born 25 January 1966) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2010 to 2013. Early life and education Awan was born on 25 Ja ...

, member of the

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Arshad Nawaz Chaudhry
professor at

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Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan ( ur, سردار سِکندر حیات خان) (1 June 1932 – 9 October 2021) was elected as Prime Minister twice and president twice of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). He was the longest-serving Prime Minister of AJK ...

, former President and Prime Minister of

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, Federal Minister of Pakistan, Politician *

Syed Sajjad Bokhari Syed Sajjad Hussain Bokhari () is a Pakistani politician, author and businessman. A senior party official and Senator affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), he was a close aide of Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, and se ...

, Member of

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* Ahmad Javed Jilani, President Lahore High Court Bar *

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, retired soldier of the Indian Army, has the distinction of being "India's most decorated General" *

Rahat Kazmi Rahat Kazmi ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor, screenwriter, TV news presenter anchorman, and an academician. He has worked in several TV serials for PTV such as 1967's ''Mayaar'', 1974's ''Qurbatain aur Faaslay'' and 1976's Pakistan's first coloure ...

, Actor, intellectual, compere. *

Pervez Khattak Pervez Khan Khattak ( ur, ; ps, پروېز خان خټک; born 1 January 1950) is a Pakistani politician and a member of PTI who served as the Defence Minister of Pakistan from 20 August 2018 until the dissolution of National Assembly on 3 ...

, Chief Minister of KPK * Ahmad Taufiq Jilani, Colonel Commandant, 16 Punjab Regiment, ISI Lahore & Peshawar *

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, Information Minister of Pakistan and Senior Leader of

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Jehangir Karamat General Jehangir Karamat ( ur, ; born 20 February 1941) best known as JK, is a senior Pakistan Army officer who served as the 6th Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army, from 12 January 1996 to 6 October 1998. diplomat, public intellectual, ...

, General Jehangir Karamat, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee,

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, Brigadier Tariq Mehmood SJ and Bar, Brig TM, Tiger of SSG *

Qamar Javed Bajwa General Qamar Javed Bajwa ( ur, ; born 11 November 1960) is a retired Pakistani army general who served as the tenth Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan from 29 November 2016 to 29 November 2022. In 2018 he was ranked 68th in the ''Forbes' ...

, General, Chief of Army Staff,

Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday Honourable Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday ( Punjabi, ) is a Pakistani jurist who served as judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He remained permanent judge of Supreme Court from 2002 to 2010. He was born in Lahore on 13 January 1945. ...

, Former Judge of the

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* Fateh Muhammad Malik, literary critic, linguist and a scholar *

Jamshed Gulzar Kiani Lieutenant-General Jamshed Gulzar Kiani (Urdu: جمشید گلزار کیانی; b.20 July 1944 – 1 November 2008), , was a three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army, intelligence officer and the former Colonel Commandant of the Bal ...

, Lieutenant General, Chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission *

Raja Saroop Khan Lieutenant General Raja Saroop Khan ( ur, ) was a career Pakistan Army officer who served as the Governor of Punjab from 1995 to 1996. Raja Saroop Khan was commissioned in the 7th PMA Long Course from Pakistan Military Academy Pakistan ...

, Lieutenant General, Governor of Punjab from 1995 to 1996 *

Azhar Lodhi Azhar Lodhi is a Pakistani former newscaster and commentator who worked at the Pakistan Television primarily during 1966–1988. Life and career Lodhi was born in Jalandhar, British India. Later his family migrated to Pakistan and settled in ...

, newscaster and commentator at the

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(PTV) *

Ismail Gulgee Ismail Gulgee (Urdu: ; 25 October 1926 – 16 December 2007), also known simply as Gulgee, was a Pakistani painter. Born in Peshawar, he received his early education at Lawrence College before attending Aligarh University, Columbia Univers ...

, notable painter artist of Pakistan *

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, Indian Hindi film actor *

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, Indian film and stage actor *

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, veteran Indian politician

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