Garrison Cadet College Kohat

Garrison Cadet College KohatGarrison Cadet College Kohat is Situated in Kohat. Foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan Late Mohtarama Benazir Bhutto in 1992. Lieutenant General Arif Bangash, Lieutenant General K.K Afridi, Major General Shirendil Niazi and Colonel Idreesm(founder Principal), Dr. Douglas Smith (England), Brigadier Talat Imtiaz naqvi (Former-Principal) struggled hard to make this one of the best Cadet Colleges of Pakistan.
Students are selected after through written test and physical fitness test.Test centers are in Kohat, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Karachi, Abu Dhabi. Cadets after selection are enrolled in five Houses Zangi, Ghazali, Ayubi,Ceena, Kayani naming after great Muslim warriors and scholars Noor-ud-din Zangi, Imam Ghazali, Sultan Sallahudin Ayubi, Ibn-e-Ceena, Justice Rustam Kiyani. respectively.

It was established as Kohat Garrison College.Later it was renamed as Garrison Cadet College Kohat after the approval of the then Chief of Army staff General Pervaiz Musharaf. Land was provided by the Pakistan Army. Foundation stone of the college was laid on March 1, 1990 by the then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. On Completion of basic infrastructure, classes were started in 1993. Lt-Gen Arif Bangash formally inaugurated college on May 10, 1993. College is run by An Army officer of Brigadier Rank who is secretary to Chairman Board of Governors(GOC IX Division Kohat).All decisions are taken by principal whose decision cannot be challenged in any court of law.

First Principal was Col. Idrees Niazi (Retd) who remained in college from September 1992 to December 1995. Brig Talat Imtiaz Naqvi (Retd) was second Principal from December 1995 to December 2001. Brig. Tariq Saeed is third Principal of the college since March 25, 2002. Each house has a House Master and a House Tuter which look after the cadets of house.they keep eyes on their cadets 24 hours .they select Cadets for various activities.Recommend their cadets for Appointments.House masters are assisted by a House Commander(student of FscII)and two section commanders(FscI).Each house has a Drill Instructor, a house Baba,a medical superintendent.

Garrison Cadet College, Kohat, has been established by HQ 9th Infantry Division, Kohat. The College is under the control and management of a Board of Governors, headed by General Officer Commanding 9th Infantry Division. Tenure of each member is three years.

Patron-in-chief

Governor of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province

Patron

Commander XI Corps, Peshawar

Chairman

General Officer Commanding 9th Infantry Division, Kohat

Members

Lt-Gen Arif Bangash (retd) HI(M), SBt (former Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

Lt-Gen Ali Quli Khan Khattak (retd), HI(M)

Lt-Gen Humayun Khan Bangash (retd), HI(M) (former Ambassador to Turkey)

Maj-Gen Aashur Rashid Qureshi (retd)

Brig Abdur Rashid Qureshi (retd)

Commander 117 Brigade, Kohat

Commander Artillery 9th Division, Kohat

Station Commander, Kohat

Commandant Signal Training Centre, Kohat

Base Commander, PAF Base, Kohat

District Nazim Kohat

DCO Kohat

Secretary

Principal Garrison Cadet College, Kohat

Vice principal*

Houses

Garrison Cadet College Kohat consists of five houses: Ayubi house, Ceena house, Ghazali house, Kayani house and Zangi house. Each house is administered by a House Master and a House Tutor. Every house also have an elected Junior and Senior Section Commander and a House commander. These commanders are elected by combine meetings held by the Principal Brig. Tariq Saeed and teachers of the college every year.In this meeting all aspect come under discussion about the Cadets and mostly Fahim Ahmad Sabri fights for his Cadets and gets emotional some times as well.