Peshawar Club
| پشاور کلب | |
 | |
| Abbreviation | PSC |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1863 |
| Founded at | Peshawar |
| Type | Gentlemen's club |
President | Brigadier Syed Mudassir Saeed |
Secretary | Major Abdul Mateen |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | Games Club (1863-99) Peshawar Club (1899-1947) Peshawar Services Club Limited (1947-93) Peshawar Garrison Services Club (1993-97) |
The Peshawar Club, officially known as Peshawar Services Club, is a members-only club located in Peshawar, Pakistan. It was formed in 1863 and is one of the oldest clubs in Pakistan.[1]
History
[edit]The club was founded in 1863 as the Games Club, located at 'No. 40 The Mall' with three tennis courts and a polo ground. In 1870, the Vale Hunt Club made it their headquarters. On 3 April 1899, it was officially registered as 'Peshawar Club.'[2]
After the 1947 Partition of British India, it became 'Peshawar Services Club Limited.'[2]
The Pakistan Army took over in 1993, renaming it 'Peshawar Garrison Services Club' in December 1997, and finally 'Peshawar Services Club' in May 2011.[2]
Members
[edit]During the colonial era, it served as a social club exclusively for Europeans and British Indians of the Gazette class.[2]
List of Presidents
[edit]| Name | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|
| Lt Col. John Dring | 1947 | December 1948 |
| Abdul Rashid | March 1950 | January 1951 |
| Major General Nazir Ahmed | January 1951 | March 1951 |
| Brigadier S. Hismud Din | March 1951 | March 1952 |
| M. Ahmed | March 1952 | March 1953 |
| Major General H. I. Ahmaed | March 1953 | April 1954 |
| Khan Sahib Mir Bashar Khan | April 1954 | April 1955 |
| Colonel Monowar Khan Afridi | April 1955 | May 1956 |
| Air Commodore Maqbool Rabb | May 1956 | December 1956 |
| Major General Adam Khan | December 1956 | June 1957 |
| Brigadier Nasir Ahmed | June 1957 | September 1957 |
| S. D. Qureshi | September 1957 | November 1957 |
| Colonel Safdar Ali | November 1957 | June 1958 |
| Kazi Abdul Wahab | June 1958 | April 1959 |
| Air Commodore Nur Khan | April 1959 | June 1961 |
| Brigadier Masaud Khan | June 1961 | August 1962 |
| Nawabzada Sher Afzal Khan | August 1962 | August 1963 |
| Air Vice Marshal Mirza Abdul Rahman | August 1963 | December 1964 |
| Lieutenant General Altaf Qadir | December 1964 | June 1966 |
| Masrur Hassan Khan | June 1966 | January 1967 |
| Ghulam Sarwar Khan | January 1967 | March 1968 |
| Air Marshal Nur Khan | March 1968 | March 1969 |
| Brigadier Abdul Latif | March 1969 | March 1970 |
| K. S. Mohd Said Khan | March 1970 | April 1971 |
| Air Commodore Zafar Mahmood | April 1971 | May 1972 |
| Brigadier Khalid Rabbani | May 1972 | June 1972 |
| M. M. K. Bangash | June 1972 | May 1974 |
| Air Commodore M. R. Mahmood | May 1974 | April 1975 |
| Brigadier Mohd Akbar Khan | April 1975 | April 1976 |
| S. Agha Khan Baba Khan | April 1976 | January 1977 |
| Air Commodore Waheed A. Butt | January 1977 | May 1978 |
| Brigadier Abdul Sattar Chaudhry | May 1978 | July 1979 |
| Commodore Izzat Awan | July 1979 | June 1980 |
| Air Commodore T. H. Merchant | June 1980 | June 1981 |
| Brigadier Jan Sardar Gul | June 1981 | June 1982 |
| Dil Jan Khan | June 1982 | June 1983 |
| Air Commodore S. M. Sibtain | June 1983 | July 1984 |
| Brigadier Sardar Khan | July 1984 | July 1985 |
| Karim Khan | July 1985 | June 1986 |
| Air Commodore S. M. Sibtain | June 1986 | June 1986 |
| Brigadier Javad Khan | June 1986 | July 1988 |
| Ilyas Ahmed Bilour | July 1988 | January 1993 |
| Brigadier Abul Razaq | January 1993 | November 1994 |
| Brigadier Mumtaz Ali | November 1994 | February 1995 |
| Brigadier Fayyaz Muhammad | February 1995 | December 1997 |
| Brigadier Mateen Mohajir | December 1997 | April 1998 |
| Brigadier Munzur Hussain | June 1998 | April 2000 |
| Brigadier Mazhar-Ul-Haq | May 2000 | August 2001 |
| Brigadier Khalid Rabbani | August 2001 | July 2003 |
| Brigadier Iftikhar-Ul-Haq | August 2003 | July 2005 |
| Brigadier Zia-Ul-Hassan | July 2006 | August 2006 |
| Brigadier Tariq Maqsood Malik | July 2006 | August 2008 |
| Brigadier Humayun Saleem | August 2008 | July 2009 |
| Brigadier Hussain Abbas | August 2009 | March 2010 |
| Brigadier Farooq Azam | March 2010 | April 2011 |
| Brigadier Farooq Azam | May 2011 | June 2012 |
| Brigadier Adnan Asif Jah Shad | July 2012 | August 2014 |
| Brigadier Inayat Hussain | August 2014 | August 2016 |
| Brigadier Muhammad Aamer Najam | August 2016 | June 2018 |
| Brigadier Shakir Ullah Khattak | June 2018 | June 2019 |
| Brigadier Syed Muhammad Jawad Tariq | June 2019 | June 2020 |
| Brigadier Syed Mudassir Saeed | June 2020 | Incumbent |
See also
[edit]- Sind Club
- Punjab Club
- List of India's gentlemen's clubs
- Karachi Parsi Institute
- Karachi Gymkhana
- Lahore Gymkhana
- Hindu Gymkhana, Karachi
References
[edit]- ^ "The magnificent Khyber Pass echoes forgotten stories of valour and deceit". 11 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d "ABOUT PESHAWAR SERVICES CLUB".