Murray College


Government Murray College Sialkot, formerly known as Scotch Mission College, is a government college located in Sialkot in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

History

Government Murray College Sialkot was established as Scotch Mission College by Scottish missionaries belonging to the Church of Scotland Mission in 1889. The Church of Scotland came to Sialkot in January 1857 when the first Scottish missionary, Reverend Thomas Hunter, came to live with his wife, Jane Scott, and baby son near the Brigade Parade Ground, facing the Trinity Church. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Madras on 30 January 1857. Sialkot at that time was in the diocese of Calcutta in British India. Thomas Hunter, his wife and baby son were murdered in Sialkot during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the rule of the British East India Company.
In 1972, the government of Pakistan dismissed the Scottish missionaries and nationalised the institution.
In 2005, a new block was established at the college by the Government of Pakistan.
There is a private graveyard within the premises of the college which belongs to the Khan family of mori gate sialkot. The land of the college was donated by this family who kept some piece of land for themselves.

Hostels

There is no hostel at the college for girls.

Faculties and departments

Murray College consists of three faculties and following departments are associated with these faculties;
  1. Faculty of Natural Sciences
  2. # Department of Chemistry
  3. # Department of Information Technology
  4. # Department of Mathematics
  5. # Department of Physics
  6. # Department of Statistics
  7. Faculty of Social Sciences
  8. # Department of BBA
  9. # Department of English
  10. # Department of Political science
  11. # Department of Islamic Studies
  12. # Department of Psychology
  13. # Department of Urdu
  14. # Department of Economics
  15. Faculty of Biological Sciences
  16. # Department of Botany
  17. # Department of Zoology

    Library

  • Allama Iqbal Library

    Principals

  • Captain Jhon Murray
  • Rev. Jhon Waugh
  • Rev. Dr. William Scott
  • Rev. Jhon Garret
  • Rev. D. Leslie Scott
  • R.C. Thomas
  • F.S. Khairullah
  • Ahmed Raza Siddiqui
  • Qamar Malik

    Notable alumni

  • Muhammad Iqbal, philosopher, lawyer, and politician
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti, religious activist and activist of the Pakistan Movement
  • Faiz Ahmed, several times nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize
  • Kuldip Nayar, Indian journalist
  • Manzoor Mirza, Educationist, economist and book author
  • Mumtaz Hamid Rao, head of news and current affairs of Pakistan Television
  • Zaheer Abbas, former captain of Pakistani National Cricket Team
  • Khalid Hasan, Pakistani journalist
  • Umera Ahmed, Pakistani writer, author and screenwriter