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Two Pakistani students shine in essay contest
KARACHI, Feb 12(Dawn): Two Pakistani students were named prize-winners in an
essay competition on 'Sustainable Development in Asia and the
Pacific'.
Muniba Mahmud and Saba Majeed, both students of the Institute
of Business Administration, Karachi, were among the 26 students from 16 member
states of ADB honoured in the competition open to university students aged 18 to
29 years from Asia and the Pacific.
The competition was sponsored by ADB
and ROAD, a network of Japanese university students concerned about development
issues, through ADB's Japan Special Fund, financed by the Government of
Japan.
It is part of a series of educational events that will precede
ADB's 40th Annual Meeting to be held in Kyoto, Japan, on May 6and 7.
A
three-member independent jury reviewed each of more than 600 essays submitted in
the competition.
All 26 winners are being invited to participate in a
week-long programme culminating in the Youth Forum in Kyoto on March 17. The
forum will provide winning essayists with the opportunity to deliberate upon
sustainable development issues.
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