LUMS IV 2011‏

The Debating and Recitation Society at LUMS is pleased to open registrations for the 6th LUMS Inter-Varsity Debates, 2011 to be held from the 7th to the 10th of October, 2011. The LUMS IV has successfully established itself over the years as the biggest and most competitive British Parliamentary tournament in both Pakistan and the Sub Continent.

For further details please contact us at drums@lums.edu.pk or join the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=247160895322010.

The registration system can be found at: http://www.lumsdebate.com/v1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92&Itemid=151&Name=Value.

LUMS IV 2009 Update

Dear All,

This is regarding the previous notification put up on this site regarding the LUMS IV 2009 Debating Competition. Due to certain organizational constraints we have to had to push the date slightly forward. The revised competition dates are 2nd-5th October 2009 and it promises to be bigger and better with grand social events and more teams participating than ever before. We really look forward to your presence here. Attached to this mail you will find an invite for LUMS IV 2009 Debating Competition. The LUMS campus is categorized as the best and most modern university campus of Pakistan.

The rules of the competition are available at http://www.debating.ie/ under the worlds style training section.

Accommodation will be provided inside the university; social events and other miscellaneous details are communicated in the invite.

Kindly respond at the earliest to confirm your institutes participation. The deadline for registration in 5th September!

Feel free to forward any queries you may have to us.

Looking forward to seeing you at LUMS,
Haider Naqvi
Director Events
DRUMS.

Punjab University win All Pakistan

From thenews.com.pk

THE Punjab University English and Urdu Debating Teams won first position in the 12th All Pakistan Inter University Debate Contest organized by the Higher Education Commission.

Shamoon Ahmad of PU College of Pharmacy and Saba Mahmood of Hailey College of Banking and Finance represented the English Debate Team while Mudassar Iqbal of Institute of Communication Studies and Atif Ali of College of Information Technology were members of Urdu Debating Team.

The PU teams have been awarded Allama Iqbal Shields both in English and Urdu.

PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran congratulated the winning students on their historic victory in the biggest inter university debate contest in which about 127 universities participated at regional level and national level.

He praised the devotion and efforts of Advisor Students Prof Dr Muhammad Makshoof Athar and Deputy Adviser Students Muhammad Zubair Akram to prepare the students for such type of activities.

Benazir Bhutto assassinated

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a suicide attack at an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi.

She was president of the Oxford Union Debating Society in 1977.

Pakistan International Debating Championship 2008

Dear all,

School of International Studies in Sciences and Arts Pakistan (SISA) is hosting the SISA International Debating & Public Speaking Championship 2008 (SIDPSC 2008) from 14th February to 19th February 2008. The competition is the only one of its kind in Pakistan and may be even in South Asia. It is conducted on the lines of the World Individual Debating & Public Speaking Championship (WIDPSC).

This year’s competition promises to bring together the top student public speakers from across the globe and offer them all a unique chance to interact with each other. This will also be a wonderful opportunity for all our international teams to experience the exotic and rich culture of Pakistan and there is no better place to do that, than the historical city of Lahore.

The registration fee is $50 (U.S) per participant/coach or chaperone (fifty dollars U.S). This will cover all the boarding & lodging arrangements for the duration of the stay in Lahore. The registration fee can be paid upon arrival in cash or if team’s want we can give them the bank/account details where they can transfer the necessary amount.

You are requested to kindly confirm the participation of your institution no later than 15th December 2007.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,
Wasif W. Mir
Convener SIDPSC 2008
Email: oratorforever@rambler.ru
Phone: (042)5311254, (042)5017348

12th Annual Pakistan Parliamentary Debating Championship 2007

King Edward Medical University Debating teams have lifted both English and Urdu trophies in the GCU Style Pakistan Parliamentary Debating Championship-2007. The English team comprised of Shaheer Zulfiqar and Humayun Sher Khan, whereas the Urdu debating team comprised of Sheikh Bilal Khalid and Ms. Poonam Melani. However, Muhammad Umer Farooq of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute NWFP was declared the Best Urdu Speaker whereas Shaheer Zulfiqar was awarded the Best Speaker award in the English category.

The topic of Urdu debate was ‘The clash of civilization is just a hypothesis’ while English debate was held on ‘West needs to change its approach towards Islam’. The debates were adjudicated by Dr. Farhan Ebadat Yar Khan, M. Siddique Awan, Zia-ur-Rehman, Umer Mehmood Khan, Salman Haider, Waleed Iqbal, Rana Abdul Aziz and Ata Ali Malik.

The 3-day event was one of the biggest Debating Championships in Pakistan in which 32 educational institutions from all over Pakistan sent their teams for debating battle.

Source: Government College University Lahore Pakistan

INDO-PAK DEBATE COMPETITION

“Debate and Peace” brings India and Pakistan together. Recently Pakistan Debating Society took this initiative to reduce the gap between Indian and Pakistani students by organizing the 2nd DSP Indo-Pak debates. Two nuclear power nations had long history of differences and had fight against each other in the run of the past.

The newly started debating championship invited 8 Teams from India and Pakistan. Four teams each from India and Pakistan competed in the initial rounds of the tournament. Host of the Championship was Government College University Lahore Pakistan. The organizer followed the World Universities Debating Championships format for the Friendship Cup.

The Participating Teams Were

Representing India
Miranda House, New Delhi
Lady Shri Ram College New Delhi
Symbosis-Law College, Pune
St. Xaviers'College, Mumbai

Representing Pakistan
GC University, Lahore
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute,
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.

The competition comprised of 3 rounds, the first of which was held at the Lahore College of Arts and Sciences. Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore hosted the second round of the contest. The top two teams from India and Pakistan, which qualified for the final round, were

Lady Shri Ram College New Delhi, India
Symbosis-Law College, Pune, India
GC University Lahore, Pakistan
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

Champion:
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
Runners-up:
Symbosis Law College, Pune, India
The Best Speaker of the final
Vikram Chaudhry, Symbosis Law College, Pune, India

Good Luck to Peace

(Source: GC University Lahore Website)

Pakistan National Under 17 Debating Championship

LAHORE College of Arts and Sciences (LACAS) won the Pakistan National Under-17 Debating Championship, with Lahore Grammar School (LGS) Defence branch coming in second place.

The topic of the final contest was “This House Wants to Curtail Freedom of Speech”.

LACAS opposed the topic while LGS proposed it. The contest was a close one, with judges split in favour of LACAS 4-1.

Abeer Tariq of LGS got best speaker of the tournament award while Palvashay Sethi of Headstart came second. The Debating Society of Pakistan arranged the contest.
The foundation for the Debating Society of Pakistan (DSP) was laid in 1992 with the formation of the Lahore-based English Spearking Union by Mr. Raziuddin Sheikh. Over the years, we have undergone various changes as we have grown, and are today the largest platform for parliamentary debate in Pakistan.

The DSP organizes three major national tournaments a year, in which more than 50 instituions from all over Pakistan take part. The three national tournaments are: a.. The Raziuddin Sheikh National Under-19 Debating Championship b.. The National Under-17 Debating Championship c.. The National Inter-Universities Debating Championship. In addition, the DSP holds workshops facilitated by debaters and judges with international experience to train upcoming debaters and judges.

At the concluding ceremony, Sonnu Rehman, Debating Society Pakistan president, highlighted the need for Pakistan to open its minds to discussion rather than promoting vandalism and violence. She also felt the need to promote debating and arrange training workshops for coaches.

The final contest was held at LGS 1-A/1 branch. Sunday’s event was big, with teams from Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Karachi taking part. Twenty-two teams participated in the tournament. Each team was made up of five members (three speaking members and two resource members). The tournament was stretched over three days and five rounds. They were 50 judges from Lahore, many of who were accomplished speakers themselves.

The teams that made it to the quarterfinals included Aitchison College A and B teams, LGS Defence A team, Karachi Grammar School, Headstart Islamabad, Beaconhouse canal campus, LGS Johar Town and LACAS. Out of these, the LACAS, LGS Johar Town, LGS Defence and Headstart made it into the semis. LACAS and LGS Defence made it to the finals, with LACAS triumphing.