| Garrison Cadet College Kohat | |
| Motto: | Arabic: العلم قوة |
| Motto Translation: | Knowledge is Power |
| Type: | Boarding Institution |
| Area: | 85acres |
| Houses: | 6 |
| Principal: | Brig Malik Nasir Ali Awan |
| Free Text: | Garrisonian |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | = |
| Slogan: | Once a Garrisonian, Always a Garrisonian |
Garrison Cadet College Kohat is a boarding school, situated in the suburb of Kohat City.[1] [2] The college has classes from class 8th to FSc (Pre-Engineering and Pre-Medical Level). Students are inducted in class 8 and Class 11; after a 3-step selection process, which composed of a written test, interview and medical examination. The college has over 600 enrolled cadets aged 12–19 years. Each class has approximately 125 cadets.
Garrison Cadet College Kohat is situated in the suburb of Kohat City. The foundation stone of the college was laid on 1 March 1990 by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. The college was inaugurated on 10 May 1993 by the then Quartermaster General of Pakistan Army, Lieutenant General Muhammad Arif Bangash. It was established as Kohat Garrison College but later it was renamed Garrison Cadet College Kohat in 1999. Regular classes commenced in March 1993. The first principal was Col Muhammad Idrees Niazi (Late). The college is affiliated and patronized by the Provincial Government of KP since 2017.[3]
| Colour | House | Named after | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light blue | Kayani (Junior House) | Justice (R) Rustam Kiyani | ||
| Red | Zangi | Nur ad-Din Zangi | ||
| Light green | Jinnah | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | ||
| Blue | Ghazali | Imam Ghazali | ||
| Orange | Sina | Bo Ali Sina | ||
| Dark green | Ayubi | Salah-al-Din Ayubi |
| Principals at Garrison Cadet College Kohat | ||
|---|---|---|
| Colonel.(Retired) Muhammad Idrees Niazi, Armour | September 1992 - December 1995 | |
| Brigadier.(Retired) Talat Imtiaz Naqvi, Artillery | December 1995 - December 2001 | |
| Brigadier.(Retired) Tariq Saeed, SI(M), Artillery | March 2002 - March 2013 | |
| Brigadier. Munawar Alam, SI(M), Artillery | March 2013 - October 2015 | |
| Brigadier. Sameen Habib Malik, AD | October 2015 - July 2016 | |
| Colonel. Zulfiqar Ahmad Abbasi | July 2016 - October 2016 | |
| Brigadier. Nadeem Akhter Hussain, Punjab | October 2016 - September 2021 | |
| Brigadier. Hamid Jamil Khan, Baloch | October 2021 - September 2023 | |
| Brigadier. Malik Nasir Ali Awan, Punjab | September 2023 - To date | |
| Name | Batch | Designation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aftab Alam Afridi | - | Provincial Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Dr. M. Imran Bangash | - | Adjunct Professor and Data Scientist in the field of AI, Sweden | |
| Dr Muhammad Nofil Zulfiqar | 2000 - 2006 Batch | Specialist Brain and Spine Surgeon at Department of Neurosurgery, Ibnesina Hospital. Ministry of Health, Kuwait | |
| Dr. Tahir Usman | - | Chairman department of Livestock Production, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan | |
| Muhammad Owais Khan | 2008 Batch | Specialist in Neurology, Serving as Specialty Registrar, Neurology unit, Hayatabad medical complex, Peshawar | |
| Lt. Col. Qaiser Sadiq | 2003 Batch | - | |
| Javid Ali | 2004-2009 | Textile Business | |
| Muhammad Ahmad Khan | 2017 - 2019 Batch | Assistant Business Development Manager | |
| Ghazali Abbas Gondal | 2007 - 2014 Batch | Assistant Manager Engineering-Pakistan Security Printing Corporation | |
| Muhammad Arif Khan | 2001 - 2008 Batch | Assistant Commissioner (Under Training), PMS, KP | |
| Dr. Sajjad Ayaz | 2003 Batch | UROLOGIST AT PAKISTAN KIDNEY AND LIVER INSTITUTE LAHORE | |
| Muhammad Hamza Malik | - | Assistant Commissioner, FBR, CSS-2018 | |
| Adeel Samar | - | Investigative Journalist/Producer at The Centrum Media, Op-Ed Writer at Daily Times | |
| Maj. Syed Aoun Abbas Mehdi | 1998-2003 Batch | Classified ENT Specialist | |
| Maj Afnan Shafi | 2006 - 2013 Batch | Pakistan Army | |