Cadet College Hasan Abdal

Cadet College, Hasan Abdal (CCH) (Urdu/Pashto : is a residential secondary school located in Hasan Abdal, Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan. The college has over 500 students aged 13–18 years. Each class has c.110 students. The main aim of the academic program is to train students to become future officers in the Pakistani Military. The college has a distinctly Muslim curriculum for all students, including those from overseas.

History
Cadet College, Hasan Abdal was the first cadet college in Pakistan. It was established by the Punjab government and initiated by General Muhammad Ayub Khan (then Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army) to serve as a feeder institution to the Services Academies. For this purpose, military wings were started in 1952 at Government College, Sahiwal, and Islamia College, Peshawar. When the present buildings were completed in April 1954, these military wings were transferred to Hasan Abdal and the new college opened as Punjab Cadet College, with Hugh Catchpole as the founding Principal. In 1960, the government created a Board of Governors to exercise administrative control over the college.

Wings
The college is divided into 6 wings.

Student life
Students attending Cadet College, Hasan Abdal, are called cadets.

The college prepares boys for the secondary school and intermediate examinations conducted by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rawalpindi, and also for the General Certificate of Education 'O' Levels and 'A' Levels, which follow a similar format to the GCSEs and 'A' levels used in the UK. Some cadets study for Matriculation or F.Sc(both pre-med iCal and pre-engineering). English, Urdu, Islamiyat, Pakistan Studies, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology are compulsory at each level; some other subjects (e.g. computer science) are offered within the different levels.

Fitness activities include gymnastics, jogging and athletics. Physical training (PT) is conducted in the morning and sports in the evening. Cadets take part in sports such as basketball, field hockey, football, horse riding, squash, swimming, tennis and volleyball. Students are also taught drill.

Classes are conducted in the morning and preps (individual silent study periods) at night. The routine is a structured daily regime to promote maximum performance by the students.

Infrastructure
The college is spread over approximately 98 acre. Buildings on the property include a mosque, a two-story education block, college hall—known as Naeem Hall in memory of ex-cadet Captain Naeem Akhtar (Shaheed)— the six boarding wings, two cadet messes—known as Khatlani Hall and Hussain Shah Hall in memory respectively of ex-cadet Lt. Ahmed Farooq Khatlani (Shaheed) and ex-cadet Lt. Hussain Shah (Shaheed)— a swimming pool, a 16-bed hospital, the administrative block, a workshop and a hobbies block. Sports facilities include two squash courts and a number of football, hockey and cricket pitches, as well as a horse-back riding ground. The college has residential accommodation for the teaching and administrative staff based within the college.

Notable alumni

 * Muhammad Zakaullah—Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan Navy
 * Khalid Shameem Wynne—former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
 * Abbas Khattak—former Chief of Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force
 * Javed Ashraf Qazi—former Federal Minister of Education, Communication and Railways, Secretary Railways, Commander XXX Corps, Gujranwala and DG ISI
 * Iftikhar Ali Khan—former Secretary Defence and ex-Chief of the General Staff (CGS), Pakistan Army
 * Hamid Javaid—former Chief of Staff (COS) to the President of Pakistan and former Chairman HIT
 * Masood Aslam—Commander XI Corps, Pakistan Army and former IGT&E
 * Sohaib Abbasi—formerly Senior Vice President of Oracle Tools and Education divisions, currently CEO of Informatica
 * Asad Abidi—first Dean of LUMS School of Science and Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA and Cornell
 * Khawaja Muhammad Asif—Minister for Defence and also Minister of Water & Power
 * Muhammad Hafizullah—Vice Chancellor, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar
 * Asfandyar Bokhari —Tamgha i Juart recipient
 * Naweed Zaman - Rector, National University of Sciences and Technology (Pakistan), ex-Commandant Army IV Corps.