Punjab university Lahore and the Institute of Management
Sciences Peshawar won the thirteenth Allama Iqbal Shield speech competition
for Urdu and English categories, respectively arranged at HEC secretariat .
As many as thirty debaters, six from each region ie Balochistan, Federal
(Islamabad, AJK, Gilgit Baltistan, and FATA), Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab
and Sindh qualified to participate in the final round of 13th All-Pakistan
Inter-University Debate Contest for Award of Allama Iqbal Shield.
National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Chairperson Nafisa Shah
was the chief guest on the occasion. HEC Chairperson Dr Javaid R Laghari
was the guest of honour. This annual feature was organised by HEC in
collaboration with Ministry of Education.
The individual winners of the contest included (English) Wasim Gohar, IMS
Peshawar, Shamaoon Ahmad Shaikh, University of the Punjab, M Afzal Hamayun
Khan, IMS Peshawar (Urdu) Ghulam Moyuddin, University of the Punjab, Syed
Kashif Ali Shah, Islamia College University, Peshawar and Nafeesa Habib,
International Islamic University, Islamabad.
The winning teams (comprising two debaters) along with one overall winner
except the members of the winning team, both in Urdu and English, from
every region become eligible to contest in the final round in which top
teams of the Debate Contests. Both in English and Urdu, were given Allama
Iqbal Shield and 1st, 2nd and 3rd position holders (English and Urdu) were
given cash prizes of Rs 30,000/-, Rs 25,000/- and Rs 20,000/-, respectively
while every contestant was given a certificate and a replica of the shield.
The teams, comprising two debaters from each region, qualified for the
final round in English Debate were: Balochistan - Syeda Um-e-Habiba and
Shahzad Hassan Jaffar (Iqra University, Quetta); Federal Area -Jawad Ali
Shakoor and Muhammad Faisal Fateh (Pakistan Institute of Engineering &
Applied Sciences, Islamabad); Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa -.
Wasim Gohar and Afzal
Humayun Khan (Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar); Punjab - Syed
Shamaoon Ahmad Shah and Umar Riaz (University of the Punjab, Lahore); Sindh
-Muhammad Noaman Panhwar and Mansoor Ali Soomrro (University of Sindh,
Jamshoro).
The individual winners, one from each region, qualified for the final round
in English Debate were: Balochistan -Sania Sabir Qureshi (BUITMS, Quetta);
Federal - Sana Shakeel (National University for Computer & Emerging
Sciences, Islamabad); Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa - Syed Sibtain Ali Shah Kazmi
(Hazara University, Mansehra); Punjab - Mr. Abdul Wahab (University of
Engineering & Technology, Taxila); Sindh -Ali Rafiq (Dow University of
Health Sciences, Karachi). source :pakistani news website