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| name                   = Sacred Heart High School for Girls
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| location               = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]]
| country                = Pakistan
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| type                   = [[Private school|Private]] primary and secondary school
| religious_affiliation  = [[Roman Catholic|Catholicism]]
| established            = {{start date and age|1908}}<!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} -->
| founder                = Mother Mary of the [[Trinitarian Order|Holy Trinity order]]<!-- or | founders = -->
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| oversight              = {{ubl|[[Catholic Board of Education]]|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore|Archdiocese of Lahore]]}}<!-- use | oversight_label = to override the default label -->
| principal              = Sister Rose Yaqoob [[Dominican order|OP]]<!-- use | principal_label = to override the default label -->
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| gender                 = [[Single sex school|Girls]]<!-- use | gender_label = to override the default label -->
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| lower_age              = 5
| upper_age              = 16
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| sister_school          = [[Sacred Heart High School for Boys]]
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The '''Sacred Heart High School for Girls''' is a [[private school|private]] [[Catholic school|Catholic]] primary and secondary school for girls located in [[Lahore]] [[Pakistan]]. Established in 1908 by Mother Mary of the [[Trinitarian Order|Holy Trinity order]], the school is one of the oldest girls schools and is administered y the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore|Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/research_units/ru_church/ru_church_capuchins/contributions/in-the-land-of-the-five-rivers |title=In the Land of the Five Rivers |publisher=St. Mary's Friary |location=Lahore |year=2006 |access-date= |author= }}</ref>
== History ==
The school hosted the first L.J. Saldanha Girls' Basketball Tournament held in Lahore in April 2006 to bring together Christian girl athletes. Teams from seven schools took part in the tournament. Farzana Tauqir Zia, a member of Pakistan's first women's basketball team, was the chief guest. Archbishop [[Lawrence Saldanha]] handed trophies to the captains and medals to all players of both teams in the finals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lahore church holds first girls' basketball tournament |work=UCANews.com |date=May 9, 2006 |url=http://www.ucanews.com/2006/05/09/lahore-church-holds-first-girls-basketball-tournament/?key=sacred+heart+high+school++pakistan |access-date= }}</ref>
On March 11, 2008, a powerful bomb outside a government building killed at least 30 people and injured about 200 more,  damaging Catholic Church buildings in Lahore. The explosion caused serious damage to [[Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore|Sacred Heart Cathedral]], [[Sacred Heart High School for Boys]], Sacred Heart High School for Girls, and St. Anthony's College. Three schoolchildren died in the incident. More than 100 children were taken to hospitals for medical treatment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Catholic bishops condemn bombings' violence |work=UCANews.com |date=March 14, 2008|url=http://www.ucanews.com/2008/03/14/catholic-bishops-condemn-bombings-violence/?key=sacred+heart+high+school++pakistan |location= |access-date= }}</ref>
Dominican Sister Rose Yaqoob is the principal of the school.<ref>{{cite web |title=Church faced with big security bill for its schools |work=UCANews.com |date=October 30, 2009 |url=http://www.ucanews.com/2009/10/30/church-faced-with-big-security-bill-for-its-schools/ |access-date= }}</ref>
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[[Category:Catholic secondary schools in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Catholic elementary and primary schools in Pakistan]]
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[[Category:Girls' schools in Pakistan]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in British India|Pakistan]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1908]]
[[Category:Trinitarian Order]]
[[Category:School bombings in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Building bombings in Pakistan]]
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