Edwardes College Peshawar (

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: ایڈورڈز کالج پشاور,

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: اېډوارډز کالج پېښور) is a semi-government degree college which is the oldest higher education institution in

Peshawar Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...

, the capital of

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

province in

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. The college, affiliated with the

University of Peshawar The University of Peshawar (; ; ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a public research university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The university is one of the oldest universities in the provi ...

, has about 3,000 students in Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Business Administration, Higher National Diploma, and Computer Sciences. The college's undergraduate and graduate degree programs lead to the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), 4 year BS Programme in English and Computer Science, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and 5 years LLB degrees awarded through the University of Peshawar Edwardes also offers an A-Level program and the Faculty of Arts (F.A.) and Faculty of Science (F.Sc.) certificates through the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Higher National Diploma (H.N.D.) BS English program in business and information technology offers the option of a third year in an institution in the U.K., U.S.A. or Australia. Originally a co-educational college, it became a boys-only college in 1930s. Edwardes has become co-educational again since 2000 with about 200 female students and 15 women among its faculty members, with numbers of women anticipated to increase. The college has a vital community life, which includes freedom of worship for all faiths, sporting events, a debating society, drama productions, and student publications. Up to 1974 it was running up by as organisation affiliated with the Church Mission Society however following Nationalisation Reforms of 1974 it was handed over to the Board of Governors headed by NWFP Governor. A ruling of the Peshawar High Court dated 14 November 2019 dismissed the plea of the Principal challenging the nationalisation of the college. Edwardes College Peshawar

History

The

Church Missionary Society The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly known as the Church Missionary Society, is a British Anglican mission society working with Christians around the world. Founded in 1799, CMS has attracted over nine thousand men and women to serve as ...

established the Church Mission College in 1900 as an outgrowth of Edwardes High School, which had been founded in 1855 by the society as the first institution of western-style schooling in the northwest frontier region of what was British India. For many years the college was the only institution of higher education in the northwest frontier. Sir

Herbert Edwardes Major-General Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes DCL (12 November 1819 – 23 December 1868) was a British administrator, soldier, and statesman active in the Punjab region of British India. He is best known as the "Hero of Multan" for his pivot ...

was a British colonial administrator and commander whose name the college later adopted. The first major college building, now known as the Old Hall, was built in 1910 in a Moghul style that was replicated in a number of the college's later buildings. Edwardes College was visited three times by the founder of the nation, Quaid-i-Azam

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 187611 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pa ...

, by

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

, and the previous

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. In its early years Edwardes awarded degrees through the

University of Punjab The University of the Punjab (UoP) is a public research university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 1882, its international influence has made it one of the most prestigious universities in South Asia; being the oldest and largest publ ...

; since 1952 its degrees have been awarded through the University of Peshawar.

Hostel

Edwardes has hostel accommodation for about 200 male students. The main hostel is composed of four halls; 1. Edmonds Hall (''1st Year Students'') 2. Woolmer Hall (''2nd Year Students'') 3. B-Block Hall (''2nd Year Students'') 4. Founder's Hall ( ''Degree Students'')

Principals

* Rev. J. H. Hoare (1900–14) * Rev. J. A. Wood (1914–20) * Rev. A. C. Clarke (1920–21) * Rev. P. W. Stephenson (1921–24) * Rev. R. H. Noble (1924–28 and 1948–51) * Rev. C. A. Bender (1928–37) * Rev. A. M. Dalaya (1937–48) * Rev. K. W. S. Jardine (1953–54) * Canon W. F. Hawkes (1952–53 and 1954–55) * Dr. P. Edmonds (1955–78) * Dr. J. D. Murray (1978–79) * Rev. N. Green (1980–82) * Dr. T. Woolmer (1983–87) * Dr. R. H. Pont (1988–95) * R. Brooke Smith (1995-2000) * Canon Huw Thomas (2001–05) * Dr. David L. Gosling (2006–10) * Rev. Canon Dr. Titus Presler (2011–13) * P. Dr. Nayer Fardows (2014–19) * Shujat Ali Khan (2019–Current)

Key Programs

Intermediate Courses

Pre-Medical Pre-medical (often referred to as pre-med) is an educational track that undergraduate students mostly in the United States pursue prior to becoming medical students. It involves activities that prepare a student for medical school, such as pre-med ...

* Pre-Engineering *

General Science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

4 Years Degree Programs

* BS Computer Science * BS English * BS Economics * BBA (Hons) * BS Law (Five years)

Prospective Courses

* BS Biotechnology * BS Chemistry * BS Physics * BS Political Science * BS in other Social and Pure Sciences

Professional and Management Studies

* Higher National Diploma (HND) * Diploma in Strategic Management * Master of Business Administration (MBA)

A-Level Courses

* Pre-Engineering *

Arts The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices involving creativity, creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation. The arts encompass diverse and plural modes of thought, deeds, and existence in an extensive ...

Special Courses

* Community Service Program * English Immersion Program

Language Classes Offered At ''HOARE CENTER OF MODERN LANGUAGES''

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

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Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

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Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Connections

Cambridge University, UK Liverpool Hope University, UK PASCH-Goethe Institute FDR, Germany Colleges and Universities of Anglican Communion (CUAC)

Awards

* Governor KPK's Award * Need Based Award * Free Education Award * Annual Awards * Duke of Edinburgh's Award

Notable alumni

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, a lawyer, well known politician and Finance Minister of NWFP from 1937–46 * Khalilur Rehman, ex-Commander of

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and Bahrain Navy a, Hilal-e-Imtiaz (military), served as the Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, appointed in 2005 * Shafaat Ali, actor, comedian, television host *

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, satirist, political commentator *

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, Software Engineer at IMSciences Peshawar *

Humayun Saifullah Khan Humayun Saifullah Khan is a Pakistani politician and a former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He belongs to the Saifullah Khan family from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Political career He has served as District Na ...

, politician *

Shahram Khan Shahram Khan Tarakai () is a Pakistani politician who was Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Local Government, Elections and Rural Development, in office from 29 August 2018 till 26 January 2020 and later on Provincial Minister for ...

, Senior Minister Health & Information Technology Khyber Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan *

Ahmad Faraz Syed Ahmad Shah (), better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, ( 12 January 1931 – 25 August 2008) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and became the founding director general (later chairman) of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote ...

Urdu poet Urdu poetry ( ) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan. According to Naseer Turabi, there are five major poets of Urdu: Mir Taqi Mir (d. 1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. ...

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, CSP *

Ameer Haider Khan Hoti Ameer Haider Khan Hoti (; ) is a Pakistani Pashtun politician who was the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2008 to 2013. During his government, the province was renamed from "North-West Frontier Province" to "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Hoti ha ...

, former

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, Indian film and theatre actor/director/producer *

Dr. Khan Sahib Abdul Jabbar Khan () (born 1883, Utmanzai, Charsadda – 9 May 1958, Lahore), popularly known as Dr. Khan Sahib (), was a pioneer in the Indian Independence Movement and later, a Pakistani politician. He was the elder brother of the Pashtun act ...

(Dr. Abdul Jabbar Khan), first chief minister of West Pakistan *

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, politician and former chief minister, North-West Frontier Province *

Fida Mohammad Khan Fida Mohammad Khan ( 24 November 1919 – 20 December 2007) was a Pakistani conservative economist and lawyer who served as the Governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province under the military government of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq from 19 ...

, founder of the

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and former governor, North-West Frontier Province *

Muhammad Suhail Zubairy Muhammad Suhail Zubairy, HI, SI, FPAS (born 19 October 1952), is a University Distinguished Professor as of 2014 in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Texas A&M University and is the inaugural holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair ...

, professor of physics at the

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Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (13 June 1899 – 14 February 1958) was a Pakistani independence activist and politician from the North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). He served as the first Minister of Communications of ...

, former governor of Punjab *

Khan Habibullah Khan Khan Habibullah Khan (), also known as Khan Habibullah Khan Marwat, (; 14 October 1901 – 5 December 1978) was the 1st Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan and former Peshawar High Court judge. He also served as the 10th Interior Minister of Pa ...

, (1901–1978), Justice (retired), first

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; former

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and Minister for Kashmir Affairs *

Salim Saifullah Khan Salim Saifullah Khan (Urdu: سلیم سیف اللہ خان) is a Pakistani politician and former Senator and a former president of Pakistan Peoples Muslim League. He was a member of Senate of Pakistan from 2006 to 2012. He served as Chairman of ...

, senator, politician *

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, senator, politician *

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, politician, member National Assembly, former

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, Pakistani ethnic minority activist *

Abbas Khattak Mohammad Abbas Khattak ( ; born: 16 July 1943) is a four-star rank air force general in the Pakistan Air Force who served as the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) from 8 November 1994 until 7 November 1997. Biography Abbas Khattak was born in Pes ...

, former chief of Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force * General (R)

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, former chief of Army Staff *

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, (known As M. R. Kayani), former chief justice of West Pakistan 1958 to 1962 *

Haseeb Ahsan Haseeb Ahsan (; 15 July 1939 – 8 March 2013) was a Pakistani cricketer who played 12 Test matches for Pakistan between 1958 and 1962. He was born in Peshawar North West Frontier Province, British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). A ...

, former test cricketer and chief selector Pakistan Cricket Board. *

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, former test cricketer * Tariq Saeed Mufti, surgeon and medical academic * Musaddiq Hussain, Olympian, former international hockey player * Kabir Khan, former test cricketer *

Yasir Hameed Yasir Hameed Qureshi (Urdu: یاسر حمید قریشی) (born 28 February 1978) is a former Pakistani cricketer, who played 25 Test cricket, Tests and 56 One Day International, ODIs for Pakistan. He scored two Century (cricket), centuries (i. ...

, international cricketer *

Javed Afridi Muhammad Javed Afridi (Urdu, ; born 14 August 1985) is an Emirati businessman. Business Interests He is best known as the CEO of Haier Pakistan and owner of MG Motors Pakistan. Afridi is also Chairman of the cricket franchise Peshawar Za ...

, CEO of

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and

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* General (R) Khalid Mahmud Arif, vice chief of Army Staff *

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Shaheed, A.I.G.P. *

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, retired air chief marshal, P.A.F. 1988–1991 *

Owais Ahmed Ghani Owais Ahmed Ghani (Urdu: ) is a Pakistani politician who served as the governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan in 2008-2011, having previously governed the southwestern province of Balochistan for four and a half years (2003-2008). ...

, former governor of KPK and Baluchistan * Justice (R)

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, 22nd

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and the 7th

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