The La Salle Higher Secondary School, Multan is a private, Catholic higher secondary school run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded by Bishop F.B Cialeo, OP in 1960.
History In the 1940s Bishop F.B Cialeo, OP, first Bishop of Multan requested the La Salle Brothers to run this school in Multan.
The La Salle High School Multan is one of the missionary institutions that were initiated by St. John Baptist De La Salle (the founder of the La Sallian community).
Rev. Bro. Lawrence Manuel, FSC was the longest serving principal of La Salle Higher Secondary School, Multan, i.e. from 1986 to 2007. The current principal is Bro. Shahzad George Gill, FSC.
The principal of the school said that Christian educational institutions have contributed a lot in nurturing the country's leadership. He was responding to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's 9 June 2008 promise to make Punjab a 100 percent literate province by 2010.
The school's most prominent alumnus is Yousaf Raza Gilani, ex-prime minister of Pakistan. Brother Emmanuel Nicholas who taught Gilani in the 1960s, was reunited with his student during a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation meeting in Colombo in March 2008. In 2011, he recommended to the President of Pakistan that Bro. Emmanuel be given the Tamgha-i-Pakistan (Medal of Pakistan) for services he had rendered towards the uplift of the poor in Pakistan. The medal was awarded to him on 23 March 2012, at the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo.
Other branches
The other branches of the school in Pakistan are as follows:
Multan La Salle Higher Secondary School, Chungi No. 9, Bosan Road, Multan Hostel (Oliver Hall) Alban Girls High School Multan Youth Centre La Salle colony, Behind Rasheedbad Multan
Faisalabad La Salle High School, People's Colony 1, Faisalabad La Salle Urdu School Benildus Boys Hostel La Salle Middle School Sant Singh Wala La Salle School Gokhowal St Catherine's Primary La Salle Railway Colony
Karachi Don Bosco Home for Boys, c/o St. Patrick's Cathedral, Shahrah-e-Iraq, Karachi - 74400
Khushpur La Salle House, Chak 51 G.B., Khushpur, District Faisalabad Catechist Training Centre Catholic Hostel for Boys La Salle High School Benildus Literacy Centre
Sindh Marie Adelaide Rehabilitation Centre, Umeed Goth, Sinjhoro 68220, Dist. Sanghar, Sindh
House system There is a three-house system in the school. All houses participate in the activities and competitions of the school. Students are sorted into the houses by dividing roll/admission numbers with 3. The application of this house system can be seen particularly on the Sports Day.
Jinnah House (Green) Iqbal House (Red) Liaquat House (Blue)
Principals
The following individuals have served as principal of La Salle Higher Secondary School, Multan: Ordinal Officeholder Term start Term end Time in office Notes Rev. Bro. Harding Mulqueen 1960 1965 years Rev. Bro. Oliver Perera 1965 1968 years Rev. Bro. Athanasius Navarre 1968 1969 years Rev. Bro. Maurice Jayaraja 1969 1970 years Rev. Bro. Athanasius Navarre 1970 1972 years Rev. Bro. Oliver Perera 1972 1973 years Rev. Bro. Emmanuel Nicholas 1973 1976 years Rev. Bro. Anselm Mankovecky 1976 1978 years Rev. Bro. Raymund Samarasinghe 1979 1982 years Rev. Bro. Gilbert Joseph Gill 1982 1986 years Rev. Bro. Lawrence Manuel 1986 2007 years Rev. Zafar Doud 2007 2017 years Rev. Br. Shahzad George Gill, FSC 2017 incumbent years
Co-curricular Athletics Sports including cricket, BasketBall, Table Tennis, Badminton, Football. Board Games (includes Chess) Dance Handwriting Movie Club Music (includes Singing) Nature Watch Poetry Science Club Art Bazm-e-Adab Chess Society Computer Society Debating Society (English) Debating Society (Urdu) Dramatics Club (English) Dramatics Club (Urdu) History Islamic Society Literary Mathematics Quiz Science Society
Notable alumni Yousaf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012 Ashiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani first-class cricketer
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