The Convent of Jesus Mary, Murree is a girls school located in Murree, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded in 1876, by a French woman named Claudine Thévenet, foundress of the Religious of Jesus Mary, whose sole purpose for the school was to train young ladies so that they make good housewives and women in life. Though this is a convent school yet Islamic studies are studies here as well.

History

The school operated as a boarding school from its establishment until 2007.

Convent of Jesus and Mary, Murree

On February 15, 2012, the President of Pakistan approved conferment of Sitara Quaid-e-Azam on Sister John Berchmans Conway, a former teacher of the school, for her services towards education and promoting interfaith harmony in Pakistan.

Convent of Jesus and Mary, Murree

Notable alumni

Benazir Bhutto

Tehmina Durrani, author of My Feudal Lord

Syeda Abida Hussain

Rubina Khanum, elder sister of Imran Khan

References

External links

OFFICIAL ALUMNI CJM MURREE website

CJM Murree website

Sonias Alumni pages blog

Catholic elementary and primary schools in Pakistan

Schools in Murree

Catholic secondary schools in Pakistan

Girls' schools in Pakistan

1876 establishments in British India

Educational institutions established in 1876

Convent of Jesus and Mary, Murree