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, president = , principal = Leonard Dias , oversight = Catholic Board of Education , founders = , specialist = , location = Iqbal Shaheed Road,

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primary and secondary school in

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. The school is divided into two campuses: Campus A and Campus B. The students are divided into the morning and the afternoon shifts, the latter of which is of shorter hours. From 2017, Leonard Dias is the principal. The two campuses provides

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, elementary, and

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education, with Sindh Board and O-Levels. The school houses various student facilities, such as a

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, and computer studies

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, two fully established libraries, a formerly operational mini-zoo, a large playground, a

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, a

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, three canteens and stationery shops, an

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, and specific rooms for various arts like

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etc. The school was established in 1941 in the rooms of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi, then it shifted to opposite of PNS Dilawar, on the site of a former graveyard. St Paul's English School Campus B is situated on the same grounds as Campus A. Both the Campuses, as of 2017, have their medium of spoken and written language as

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History

St. Paul's English High School was first established as an elementary school in 1940 at Kala Pul, Karachi, by the

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. From there, it was then shifted to the Braganza Building in Saddar with only 4 grades. A fifth grade was initiated in 1942. Subsequently, the American Military Police took hold of Braganza Building, the school was then shifted to Younis Building on Freré Street. Classes were increased followed by a relocation to the library in St. Patrick's Cathedral. The school saw another relocation to Don Bosco's Orphanage, where it continued to remain partially established up till 1951. The hierarchy at the Catholic Church wanted to dedicate a proper parameter for the school, and with permission from the Pakistani Government, they transformed the Churchyard, a former British graveyard, into new grounds for the school's establishment. The entire responsibility of the school was left with Fr. Fulgence Kager, assisted by Fr.

James deSouza James "Jimmy" deSouza (11 December 1925 – 28 January 2016) was a Catholic priest, teacher, school principal and humanitarian. Biography DeSouza was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He was educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. He received his ...

. The school saw complete establishment and supposed evolution as the years went by. In 1952, the first batch of students appeared from the school for the annual Secondary School Certificate examinations. Fr. Fulgence Kager was shifted to the Archdiocese of Hyderabad, and Fr. Victor Kristen took his place. He remained in charge till 1956, when Fr. Lawry Pereira took his place. The title was later handed over to Fr. Armando Trindade, who augmented a second floor into the school building, along with a Kindergarten and Cambridge Section. After him, Fr. Varkey was appointed as head in 1969, where he was succeeded by Fr. Leslie Colaco in 1973. The responsibility was then handed to Fr.

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in 1974, from where it was bestowed upon Fr.

Max Rodrigues Max John Rodrigues was born in Karachi, Pakistan (then British India), on 29 May 1938. He entered the seminary in 1957 and spent seven years of his priestly formation at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. Career He was ordained a prie ...

in 1984. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary, or Golden Jubilee, in 1991. Later the St Paul's Urdu High School and St. Thomas's School were denationalized by the Sindh Government and the responsibility was handed over to the Catholic Board. Fr. Max initiated an afternoon shift in the school premises to house the students of St. Thomas's, headed by Sr. Zita D'Cunha. Fr. Max's supervision saw an end when in the year 2000, Fr. Anthony Martis took his place. Fr. Martis headed the construction of a new wing on school premises, housing the Cambridge section and a well-established library, along with the construction of a second computer science laboratory, a choir room, and an arts and crafts room. The Reverend then continued to inaugurate yet another building opposite to the Cambridge Section, housing most of the upper elementary classes. Mr. Leonard Dias succeeded Fr. Anthony Martis. In 2013, the school established St. Paul's Model United Nations, an MUN conference headed by the staff and students. A Photographic Society was also established in 2015. The school celebrated its 75th anniversary, or Platinum Jubilee, in the year 2016. The English Literary Society is one of the school's oldest societies and it organizes elocution and declamation events for the students. The school's English Literary Society also conducted the first edition of the school's annual inter-school declamation in November 2017. The school also has an Urdu ''"Tehzeeb"'' Society that organizes declamations in the Urdu language. Ms. Sylvia Pinto and Ms. Safia Hassan are the only Golden Jubilarians of the school to date.

Principals

*Fr. Fulgence Kager OFM 1951-58 *Fr. Lawrence Pereira 1958-64 *Fr. Armando Trindade 1964-73 *Fr. Leslie Colaco 1973-74 *Fr.

1974-84 *Fr.

1984-2000 *Fr. Anthony Martis 2000-2014 *Mr. Leonard Dias 2014 – present

Notable alumni

Bilal U. Haq Bilal U. Haq is a Pakistani-American geoscientist (and poet) who is currently affiliated with and divides his time between the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, and Sorbonne University'Institute of Earth Sciencesin Paris, France. He is b ...

marine geoscientist and laureate of France's Prestwich Prize in geology *

S. B. John Sunny Benjamin John ( ur, ; 1934 – June 5, 2021), popularly known as S. B. John ( ur, ), was a singer from Karachi, Pakistan. Personal life He was educated at St Paul's English High School, Karachi. He was married in 1957. He has four sons a ...

ghazal singer *

Michael Nazir-Ali Michael James Nazir-Ali ( ur, ; born 19 August 1949) is a Pakistani-born British Roman Catholic priest and former Anglican bishop who served as the 106th Bishop of Rochester from 1994 to 2009 and, before that, as Bishop of Raiwind in Pakistan. ...

Church of England bishop *

Qasim Umar Qasim Ali Umar ( ur, ; born 9 February 1957) is a Kenyan-born Pakistani former cricketer. He was the first Black Pakistani cricketer who played in 26 Tests and 31 ODIs between 1983 and 1987 for the Pakistani national cricket team before gettin ...

former Pakistani cricketer *

Shallum Asher Xavier Shallum Asher Xavier is a Pakistani guitarist, composer and music producer. He has been recording professionally for 15 years, and has played as a session musician and recorded with artists including Ali Haider (singer), Ali Haider, Najam Shiraz, ...

Pakistani musician; lead guitarist

Fuzön Fuzön ( – literal English pronunciation: "fusion") is a pop rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan formed in 2001. The name was derived from ''fusion'', as the former lead vocalist of the band, Shafqat Amanat Ali describes the band as a fusio ...

* Faisal QureshiJournalist and TV presenter *

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media baron, Group Chairman & Publisher of Jang Group of Newspapers *

Muhammad Rahat Hussain Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monothe ...

Editor, MAG The Weekly, Jang Group *

Fahad Ashraf Fahd ( ar, فهد, “leopard“ or “cheetah”), also transliterated Fahed or Fahad, can refer to: People Given name Fahad *Fahad Ali (born 1987), Indian television actor *Fahad Babar (born 1992), Pakistani born American cricketer *Fahad A ...

CEO of Coca-Cola Pakistan, formerly CEO of Reckitt Benckiser Pakistan *

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CEO of Habib Metropolitan Bank, formerly CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan

References

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Educational institutions established in 1941 Private schools in Pakistan