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Second Pakistan inter-school debate contest
KARACHI, March 5(Dawn): Thirty four schools took part in the 2nd Pakistan
Declamation Contest 2007, organised by the Saint Patrick's High School here at a
local hotel.
The judges of the event were, Director Feroze Textile Saifur
Rehman, former editor She (magazine) Nazish Nomani, journalists Sumera Naqvi and
Nizam Siddiqui, and Ziauddin University Hospital vice-chancellor Shahid Aziz
Siddiqui.
The programme was sponsored by Gulf Air, Feroze Textile and Sri
Lankan Airlines.
The contest was divided into two rounds. In the initial
round all the participants were given three topics– 'With great power comes
great responsibility', 'Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we
have to change it every six months', and 'Democracy – is it a way out for
everything'.
While in the following session ten finalists were asked to
speak extempore on various topics. A few students fumbled and forgot their
speeches and some of them dropped the papers on which they had jotted down their
points in confusion.
Two speakers, Ahmed Ali and Ume-Kulsoom Chinoy,
really captivated the audience not only because of the way they delivered their
speech but also due to way they defended their stance.
Afghanistan, Iraq,
Hitler, Napoleon and Saddam were among the much talked about issues of the
day.
The first prize, a return ticket to London, sponsored by Gulf Air
was clinched by Ismail Umar Ziauddin of the GCU, Lahore, second prize – a return
ticket to Sri Lanka – went to Ahmed Ali of the Foundation Public School, while
the third prize (a DVD player) was awarded to Ume Kulsoom Chinoy of the
Foundation Public School.
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