In Pakistan

Debates and Declamation Contests

• 2nd Lahore School of Economics Parliamentary Debating Championship, 2008
  Lahore School of Economics, Burki Road, Lahore
  March 2-4, 2008

  Aga Khan University (AKU) defeated King Edward Medical College, Lahore in the semi-final and won the final by defeating Government College University, Lahore. Syed Daniyal Asad was presented the Best Speaker award. AKU was represented by:

  Hira Waseem	Class of 2012
  Syed Zain Haider	Class of 2011
  Anam Pal	Class of 2012
  Syed Daniyal Asad	Class of 2010

  
  

  (Left to Right) Suleman Ali Mohammad, Manager Residency, AKU; Anam Pal; Hira Waseem; Syed Daniyal Asad; Syed Zain Haider.	(Right) Syed Daniyal Asad receiving the award for the Best Speaker of the contest.

  
  
• 5th International Shahjiwana Debating Championship 2008
  Lahore
  February 29 – March 3, 2008

  The University College Lahore Association of Debaters invited AKU for the Championship. Out of 38 teams participating in the contest AKU team managed to reach the quarter final.

  AKU was represented by:

  Aziez Ahmed	Class of 2011
  Umar Aziz Bhatti	Class of 2011
  Zohaib Ashraf	Class of 2012

  
  
  

  (Left to Right) Zohaib Ashraf; Amin Lakhani, Senior Student Affairs Officer; Umer Aziz Bhatti; Aziez Ahmed.

  
  
  
• 7th GIKI International Parliamentary Debates, 2008
  Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI), Topi, District Swabi, NWFP
  February 8-11, 2008

  The Literary and Debating Society of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology invited AKU to its 7th GIKI International Parliamentary Debates 2008. AKU was represented by:

  Amad Naseer Khan	Class of 2010
  Syed Daniyal Asad	Class of 2010
  Syed Muhammad Khurram Owais	Class of 2011
  Aziez Ahmed	Class of 2011

  
  AKU faced Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore team for the semi finals and defeated them by 4:1 margin (Adjudicators’ Decision); AKU met Hindu College, Dehli, India Team-B for the finals and defeated them with 5:2 margins.
  
  

  (Left to Right) Amin Lakhani, Senior Student Affairs Officer; Syed Daniyal Asad; Syed Muhammad Khurram Owais; Aziez Ahmed; Amad Naseer Khan; Sulaiman Gulamani, Senior Assistant Manager; Student Affairs.

  
  
  
• Dean's Debating Challenge Trophy 2007
  Aga Khan University, Karachi
  May 2007

  The first ever running trophy for AKU, was instituted by the Dean of AKU Medical College in May 2007, for students of AKU. The three day event including a Parliamentary Debate, an Urdu play and student-faculty alumni panel discussion was organised in collaboration by AKU Students Bio-Ethic Forum and AKU Students Public Speaking Forum.
  
  Winners were awarded the trophy with a cash prize of PKR 1000 each and runner-ups were presented a prize of PKR 500 each.

  Winners	Runner-ups
  Asad Syed Daniyal Amad Naseer Khan Anum Awais	M. Muhye-uddin Sheikh Omair Shakil Tuba Rashid Khan

  
  
  
• All Pakistan Inter-University Debating Contest for Award of ‘Allama Iqbal Shield'
  NED University, Karachi
  March 2007 

  Muhammad Umair Bashir, a second-year student obtained 1st position and a cash prize of PKR 5,000/- for his excellent debate in English.

• 6th Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI) Parliamentary Debates
  GIKI, Topi, NWFP
  February 2007

  Syed Asad Daniyal, a second-year student, received the 1st Best English Speaker's Trophy.

• 4th International Shahjiwana Debating Competition 2007
  University College, Lahore
  February 2007
  
  An AKU team comprising of Khurram Owais, Aziz Ahmed, Umar Bhatti, Ahsan Raza, Umar Rashid, Umar Tariq and Haider Warraich won a trophy at the competition.
  
  
• All Pakistan Inter-University Debating Contest for Award of ‘Allama Iqbal Shield'
  Aga Khan University, Karachi
  December 2006 

  Amad Khan and Omer Tarar secured 1st position, trophy and cash prize of PKR 1,500/-; Muhammad Umair Bashir and Shahid Sattar, obtained 2nd position and a cash prize of PKR 1,000/-; and Hassan Sajjad and Moneeb Virk obtained 3rd position and a cash prize of PKR 500/-.

• 15th All Pakistan Bilingual Declamation Contest 2006
  Cadet College Petaro, Petaro
  November 2006

  Muhammad Umair Bashir and Omer Tarar represented AKU. Teams from AKU, Government College, Lahore and DHA Women's College, Karachi shared the 2nd position (shield). In addition to this, Omer Tarar won Consolation Prize for his speech in Urdu.