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Cadet College Kallar Kahar

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Motto
  
Truth, Honour, Service

Area
  
150 acres (0.61 km)

Wings
  
8

Address
  
Khushab Road, Pakistan

Color
  
Sky Blue

Opened
  
1998

Colour(s)
  
Sky Blue

Website
  
cckk.edu.pk

Phone
  
+92 333 5240984

Founded
  
1998

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Cadet College Kallar Kahar is a residential institution near Kallar Kahar, Chakwal District, Punjab.

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Location

Cadet College Kallar Kahar is located on road Chakwal - Khushab - Sargodha, about 8 km from the famous Kallar Kahar lake. This is the place that Zaheer Ud Din Muhammad Babar, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty in the Sub Continent camped while on his way to invade the Sub Continent and called this place "Little Kashmir" due to its scenic beauty. It comprises great panoramic scenery and a healthy and natural atmosphere. There are many big playgrounds and mountains within the premises of the college.

History

The college was founded by Lt Gen(R) Nazar Hussain in 1997 with only one building which used to serve as a multipurpose building for academics, hostel, mess, common room and for administration. Now the college has beautiful and state of the art separate buildings for all purposes.

The first entry of CCKK passed out in 2003. This entry is called THE PIONEERS. Cadet Ali Zafar (now Major in Pakistan Army) was the first college prefect and at the same time Wing Commander of Haider Wing. Cadet Furqan Wali (now Maj in Pakistan Army) was the first Wing Commander of Jinnah Wing. Cadet Ahsan Farhat was the first Wing Commander of Baber Wing, Cadet Ammar Farooq (Now Lt in Pakistan Navy) was the first wing commander of Omer wing and Cadet Zia Ul Qamar (now an IT professional) was the first College Debating Secretary.

CCKK has also the honour of hosting the biggest sports gala in the history of cadet colleges of Pakistan. The first sports gala was held in 2008, which was hosted by 6th Entry, included Military College Jhelum, Cadet College Kohat, Aitchison College Lahore, Army Burn Hall College Abbottabad, Cadet College Kallar Kahar and again in 2012, which was hosted by 11th Entry, and the guest colleges were Military College Jhelum, PAF Public School Sargodha, Cadet College Kohat, Abbottabad Public School, Military College Murree and Cadet College Kallar Kahar.

Wings

The college is subdivided into 8 wings.

Infrastructure

The College is spread over 150 acres (0.61 km2) of land on a plateau. The average height is about 3,000 feet (910 m) above sea level. It is an open country-side with scenic panoramic view, free of pollution. It has a big C - shapped double-storied academic block. It also has 4 cadets hostels having 8 residential wings for cadets and one hostel for teachers. The dormitories are commodious and equipped with basic luxuries. The college possesses a number of sports grounds of Cricket- football-Handball-Rugby-Basketball and numbers of courts for indoor games such as Chess and Table tennis. The college has a swimming pool also in which different water sports are conducted.

The college has its own riding school which currently possess 20 horses and 4 professional trainers.

The college has a uniquely and magnificently designed cadets mosque and two spacious cadets mess. It also has a barber shop, cadets library, college water dam, science block, examination block and a well equipped computer lab. Each cadet wing has its own common room having a music system, television set and other accessories. It has 8 wings namely Baber Wing, Omer Wing, Salahuddin Wing, Haider Wing, Khalid Bin Waleed Wing, Jinnah Wing, Iqbal Wing and Tipu Sultan Wing.

Student's Life at Campus

The students are called cadets. Cadets take part in sports such as football, basketball, swimming, volleyball, tennis and horse riding. Fitness activities include judo, karate, gymnastics, jogging and running. Physical training (PT) is conducted in the morning and sports in the evening. Students are also taught drill. Classes are conducted in the morning and preps at night. The tough routine ensures physical buildup as well as academic excellence.

Academics

The college prepares the boys for the Secondary School and Intermediate Examinations conducted by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rawalpindi. Cadets excel in each examination of the local board and have achieved distinctions in the board. After graduation from the college, many Kaharians have gone on to secure top positions in all major universities of Pakistan.

In 2008, 81 cadets out of 87 got A+ grade and 6 cadets got A grade in matriculation examination which is A Top result in Rawalpindi Board. In Board examination of Class IX, 80 cadets got A+ grade and 6 cadets got A grade in BISE Rawalpindi. In Board examination of Class XI, 69 cadets out of 95 got A+ grade and 26 got A grade in BISE Rawalpindi.

References

Cadet College Kallar Kahar Wikipedia