Sacred Heart High School for Girls
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Sacred Heart High School for Girls is one of the oldest girls schools in Lahore
Pakistan
. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore
.
The school hosted the first L.J. Saldanha Girls' Basketball Tournament held in Lahore in April 2006 to bring together Christian girl athletes. Teams from seven schools took part in the tournament. Farzana Tauqir Zia, a member of Pakistan's first women's basketball team, was the chief guest. Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha
handed trophies to the captains and medals to all players of both teams in the finals.
On March 11, 2008 a powerful bomb outside a government building killed at least 30 people and injured about 200 more, damaging Catholic Church buildings in Lahore. The explosion caused serious damage to Sacred Heart Cathedral
, Sacred Heart High School for Boys
, Sacred Heart High School for Girls, and St. Anthony's College. Three schoolchildren died in the incident. More than 100 children were taken to hospitals for medical treatment.
On March 16, 2008 the Punjab Chief Minister Ejaz Nisar met with Archbishop of Lahore Lawrence Saldanha
and said a high-level committee had been constituted to assess the damage done by the suicide bombings in the city. Education Minister Mira Phailbus was also present.
Church education administrators in Punjab province say their schools face huge additional security costs as the security situation in the country deteriorates.
Dominican Sister Parveen Rahmat is the principal of the school.
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore is an archdiocese in Punjab, Pakistan.-History:It was founded as a diocese on 1 September 1886, having previously been the Vicariate of Punjab. On 23 April 1994 the diocese was elevated to the rank of Archdiocese. Fr...
.
The school hosted the first L.J. Saldanha Girls' Basketball Tournament held in Lahore in April 2006 to bring together Christian girl athletes. Teams from seven schools took part in the tournament. Farzana Tauqir Zia, a member of Pakistan's first women's basketball team, was the chief guest. Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha
Lawrence Saldanha
Lawrence John Saldanha was born in Mangalore, India on 25 October 1936. He received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi and was ordained a priest in Lahore, Pakistan on 16 January 1960....
handed trophies to the captains and medals to all players of both teams in the finals.
On March 11, 2008 a powerful bomb outside a government building killed at least 30 people and injured about 200 more, damaging Catholic Church buildings in Lahore. The explosion caused serious damage to Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral may refer to:in Australia*Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo, Victoria, Australiain Bosnia and Herzegovina* Cathedral of Jesus' Heart, Sarajevoin Canada...
, Sacred Heart High School for Boys
Sacred Heart High School for Boys
Sacred Heart High School for Boys in Lahore, Pakistan belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore.Alexander Lewis was the principal of the school in 2008....
, Sacred Heart High School for Girls, and St. Anthony's College. Three schoolchildren died in the incident. More than 100 children were taken to hospitals for medical treatment.
On March 16, 2008 the Punjab Chief Minister Ejaz Nisar met with Archbishop of Lahore Lawrence Saldanha
Lawrence Saldanha
Lawrence John Saldanha was born in Mangalore, India on 25 October 1936. He received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi and was ordained a priest in Lahore, Pakistan on 16 January 1960....
and said a high-level committee had been constituted to assess the damage done by the suicide bombings in the city. Education Minister Mira Phailbus was also present.
Church education administrators in Punjab province say their schools face huge additional security costs as the security situation in the country deteriorates.
Dominican Sister Parveen Rahmat is the principal of the school.