In 1951, the Defence Committee, under the chairmanship of Liaqat Ali Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, approved a project of establishing two feeder schools (the other being PAF Public School Lower Topa) for PAF Academy Risalpur. An agreement was signed with the Air Service Training Limited, Hamble, near Southampton, UK to operate and manage the project for the first five years. The Board of Governors included Defense Secretary as the Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Royal Pakistan Air Force (C-in-C RPAF) Air Vice Marshal L. W. Cannon as Deputy Chairman.