Abbas Nazir of Sialkot Medical College got the Best Speaker Award. He had spoken on drones for Pakistan. Joint secretary of LSE team Ahmad Sultan said the topic for the final required a lot of preparation. He said the format was different but his team’s experience had helped then win. The final round of the English debates is scheduled for Monday (today).
The semi-final results would be announced on Monday morning. Aitcheson College, the Salamat International Campus for Advanced Studies, the Lahore University of Management Sciences, the Lahore Grammar School, the Aga Khan University, the Institute of Legal Studies, the Government College University, LSE and Westminster College, Islamabad, competed in the semi-final. The topic assigned to them was Prioritising Industry over Domestic Consumers for Gas Supply.
Earlier, “International Financial Institutions should be held legally liable for the economic collapse of countries that have implemented their policy proposals” was debated in the fifth round.
Ayesha from LUMS presented proposals for different economic systems and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme. Umer Bhatti of AKU said the aim of such competitions should be to promote awareness rather than giving definite conclusions on topics. He said his team had provided its proposals in simple language that can be understood by everyone.
Senior adjudicator Faiza Ahsan said the competition was meant to provide a platform for discussing important issues and coming up with solutions for them. “We are not entirely focusing on conclusions. Forming an understanding of these issues is more important,” she said.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 31st, 2011.
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