PAF College Sargodha is a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) operated boarding school located in Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan since 1953. Founded as a feeder school of the PAF Academy, it has been a public school since 1990 and is funded by the PAF.Founders Day of PAF College Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 February 2019, Retrieved 19 February 2023
History Sometime in 1950, Air Vice Marshal Richard Atcherley, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF), in his first meeting with Air Commodore M. K. Janjua, who was Officer-in-Charge of the RPAF, expressed their concerns regarding the training of officers. The outcome of these discussions led to the establishment of two feeder schools, the PAF College Sargodha and the other in Lower Topa. Eric Sprawson was appointed as Principal of Royal PAF Public School Sargodha in January 1953. In its first batch, the school inducted 100 boys.
Principals and Commandants A list of Principals and commandants of PAF College Sargodha since 1953. No. Office Name Tenure 1 Principal Eric Sprawson January 1953 – February 1958 2 Principal Hugh Catchpole February 1958 – June 1967 3 Principal A. Rehman Quraishi June 1967 – January 1984 4 Principal Group Captain C. M. Latif January 1984 – January 1986 5 Principal Air Commodore M. Akram Lodhi January 1986 – December 1987 6 Commandant Air Commodore Fareed A. Shah December 1987 – April 1991 7 Commandant Air Commodore M. Bilal Khan April 1991 – January 1993 8 Commandant Air Commodore S. Imtiaz Hyder January 1993 – November 1993 9 Commandant Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Aftab Raja November 1993 – November 2001 10 Commandant Air Commodore (Retired) M. A. Qadir Sargaana November 2001 – February 2002 11 Principal Air Commodore (Retired) M. A. Qadir Sargaana February 2002 – February 2007 12 Principal W. C. Hignett February 2007 – November 2009 13 Principal Air Commodore (Retired) Tayyab N. Akhtar November 2009 – August 2012 14 Principal Air Commodore (Retired) Farooq H. Kiyani August 2012 – July 2013 15 Principal Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Sajid Habib July 2013 – October 2016 16 Principal Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Qasim Masood Khan October 2016 – December 2020 17 Principal Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Imran Khalid December 2020 – December 2022 18 Principal Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Asif Maqsood February 2023 – 14 April 2024 19 Principal Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Nadeem Akhtar Khan 15 April 2024 – present
Notable alumni Farooq Feroze Khan, former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) and Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Kaleem Saadat, former Chief of Air Staff (CAS), PAF Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed, former Chief of Air Staff (CAS), PAF Rao Qamar Suleman, former Chief of Air Staff (CAS), PAF Abdul Razzaq Anjum, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Training & Evaluation), PAF Rizwan Ullah Khan, Personal Staff Officer to Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Mushaf Ali Mir, PAF Ahsan Iqbal, former Federal Education minister, Government of Pakistan Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Planning Minister of Bangladesh Shahid Aziz Siddiqi, Vice Chancellor, Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi Ahsan Saleem Hyat, former Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS), Pakistan Army Ehsan ul Haq, former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Moeen U Ahmed, former Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army Shahid Lateef, former Vice Chief of Air Staff (VCAS), PAF Ghulam Muhammad Malik, former Commander X Corps, Rawalpindi Abul Manzur, Bir Uttam, Bangladesh Army Saiful Azam, Sitara-e-Jurat, PAF, BAF Mohammad Ziauddin BU Matiur Rahman (military pilot), Bir Sreshtho, Bangladesh Air Force. Momtaz Uddin Ahmed, Chief of Air Staff, Bangladesh Air Force. Sultan Mehmood, Chief of Air Staff, Bangladesh Air Force. Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Chief of Air Staff, Bangladesh Air Force. Fakhrul Azam, Chief of Air Staff, Bangladesh Air Force.
See also PAF Public School Lower Topa Cadet College Hasan Abdal Military College Jhelum Cadet College Petaro Cadet College Fateh Jang
References
External links (Official) website PAF Public School Sargodha 2nd Official Site Old Boys' Association website Sargodhians website