War of words: Declamation contest starts at PU

LAHORE:

The All Pakistan Bilingual Declamation Contest 2015 started at the Punjab University on Tuesday.

PU Vice Chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran inaugurated the contest. PU Students Affairs Director Shahid Mehmood Gull, Institute of Education and Research Director Dr Mumtaz Akhter, Deputy Director Zubair Akhram and faculty members were also present.

Forty universities from the country, including Government College University Lahore, Forman Christian College Lahore, PAF College Murree, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Sadiq Public School Bahawalpur, Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai University Sindh, University of Sargodha, University of Gujrat, Preston University Karachi, COMSATS Karachi and GCU Faisalabad are taking part in the contest.

Topics for the debates include, ‘I am a son of the soil, I am not for sale’, ‘Where is the man made in image of God?’, ‘You, me, Pakistan and future’, ‘Sarcasm is my super power’, ‘I am not stupid, I just have bad luck when thinking’ and ‘But wait, there is more’. The concluding ceremony will be held on Wednesday (today) at the Faisal Auditorium.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 27^th, 2015.