{{Short description|School in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Sadiq Public School | motto = Do the right, Fear no man | logo = Sadiq public school logo.jpg | coordinates = | location = Bahawalpur, Punjab | country = Pakistan | established = 4 March 1953 | founder = Nawab of Bahawalpur, Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V | sister_school = | principal = Mian Muhammad Ahmed (Acting)
| area = {{convert|451|acre|m2}} | student_union = Old Sadiqian's Association | website = {{URL|sadiqpublicschool.com}} }}
The '''Sadiq Public School (SPS)''' is a college-preparatory boarding school located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It also takes day pupils. Its area of {{convert|451|acre|km2}} makes it both the largest school in the country and in continental Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bisouv.com/3252362/ |title=Top 10 schools of Pakistan (2018-19) (ranked number 9 is Sadiq Public School)|access-date=20 February 2023|website=BISOUV.com website|archive-date=17 February 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217152527/http://bisouv.com/3252362/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/349696/bahawalpur-school-praised-by-musharraf |title=Bahawalpur school praised by Musharraf |date=29 January 2004|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref>
The curriculum includes education from KG<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sps.edu.pk/user/admissionpolicy.aspx |title=Sadiq Public School |access-date=2023-02-20 |archive-date=2018-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704153444/http://www.sps.edu.pk/user/admissionpolicy.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> to O-level and A-level as well as local board Matriculation/Intermediate. The school has over 1400 boys and 600 girls supported by a staff of about 135.
The foundation stone of the school was laid by Nawab Sadeq Mohammad Khan V on 4 March 1953 and the school started functioning on 18 January 1954.<ref>[https://www.nation.com.pk/20-Feb-2023/governor-punjab-pays-rich-tributes-to-nawab-of-bahawalpur Governor Punjab pays rich tributes to Nawab of Bahawalpur] The Nation (newspaper), Published 20 February 2023, Retrieved 20 February 2023</ref><ref name=TheNation>{{Cite web |url=https://nation.com.pk/25-May-2013/nawab-s-national-services-commendable |title=Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan V, A great reformer and Mohsin-e-Pakistan |author=Baqaul Mohsin and M Afzaal Hameed |date=2013-05-25 |website=The Nation (newspaper) |language=en-PK |access-date=2023-02-20 |quote=In his efforts for the dissemination of education he readily spent the resources of the state and launched a number of educational institutions all over the state including the exclusive Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur and when the first college of Bahawalpur, Sadiq Egerton College was founded, the college education was being provided only in Lahore and Delhi.}}</ref>
==Notable alumni== thumb {{See also|Category:Sadiq Public School alumni}}
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Musa khan at school.jpg|thumb|Gen. Muhammad Musa, (Chief of Army Staff) with school girls]] --> Notable alumni include: *Moazzam Jah Ansari, PSP (HI, QPM, UNPM), Former Inspector General of Police *Haji Muhammed Aslam Khan Khichi *Makhdoom Shahabuddin *Muhammad Mian Soomro, former president, prime minister and chairman of Senate of Pakistan and former governor of Sindh *Jehangir Khan Tareen, former federal minister for industries and production *Tariq Bashir Cheema, former federal minister for housing *Zaka Ashraf, former chairman Pakistan Cricket Board *Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, former minister, Bangladesh *Siddiq Khan Kanju, former minister of state for foreign affairs (Pakistan) *Syed Ali Raza, former chairman and president National Bank of Pakistan<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/15-May-2011/syed-ali-raza--a-sublime-banker|url-status=live|archive-date=13 December 2012|newspaper=The Nation (newspaper)|title=Syed Ali Raza - a sublime banker|access-date=20 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213232137/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/15-May-2011/Syed-Ali-Raza--a-sublime-banker}}</ref> *Ishaq Khan Khakwani, former state minister for railways *Waqar Younis, former captain Pakistan Cricket Team *Rameez Raja, cricket commentator, former batsman of Pakistan Cricket Team, former chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board<ref name=CC>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/11-things-you-need-to-know-about-rameez-raja-171136 |title=11 things you need to know about Rameez Raja|author=Abhishek Mukherjee|website= Cricket Country website|date=13 August 2016|access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> *Makhdoom Altaf Ahmed Hashmi Late, former senior minister Provincial Assembly of the Punjab *Shafqat Mahmood, federal minister *Riaz Hussain Pirzada, federal minister
==See also== *Lawrence College Ghora Gali
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.sadiqpublicschool.com/ official website]
{{Boarding schools in Pakistan}} {{Tourist attractions in Bahawalpur}}
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