History of Pakistan Embassy International School & College, Tehran
Pakistan School in Tehran was inaugurated by the then Foreign Minister, late Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on October 17, 1964. It was set up initially to cater for the educational requirements of the Pakistani community and the embassy staff, so as to enable their children to acquire the standards requisite for admission in Pakistan schools on return home, (Tehran Times Oct. 18, 1964).
Consequently, the school evolved into Pakistan Embassy International School and College (PEISCT) which is the only institute affiliated with the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE), Islamabad, as well as University of Cambridge International Examination, UK. Thus PEISCT is the unique institute in Tehran which offers curricula from pre-nursery to A-levels, (Cambridge, UK) and grade XII, FBISE (Islamabad).
About Pakistan
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, although came into being on 14 August 1947, has a long history. The northwest of the Indian subcontinent, which now constitutes Pakistan, lies on the historic routes through the Khyber, Gumal, and Bolan passes from central Asia to the heartland of India, and for thousands of years adventures swept down upon the settlement there.
The idea of a Muslim nation, distinct from Hindu India, was introduced in 1930 by the poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal and was ardently supported by a group of Indian Muslim students in England, who were the first to use the name Pakistan. It gained wide support in 1940 when the Muslim League, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, demanded the establishment of a Muslim State in the areas of India where Muslims were in the majority. The league won most of the Muslim constituencies in the 1946 elections, and Britain and the Congress party reluctantly agreed to the formation of Pakistan as a separate dominion under the provision of the Indian Independence Act, which went into effect on August 14, 1947.
About Tehran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia and Southern Asia. Iran is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations. The first dynasty in Iran formed during the Elamite kingdom in 2800 BC. The name "Iran", which in Persian means "Land of the Aryans", has been in use natively since the Sassanian era. It came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia. Both "Persia" and "Iran" are used interchangeably in cultural contexts; however, "Iran" is the name used officially in political contexts.
Tehran is the capital, the country's largest city and the political, cultural, commercial and industrial center of the nation. Iran is a regional power, and holds an important position in international energy security and world economy as a result of its large reserves of petroleum and natural gas. Iran has the second largest proven natural gas reserves in the world and the fourth largest proven petroleum reserves.
