Kinnaird wins intercollegiate debating championship

Author: Staff Report

LAHORE: A team of Kinnaird College for Women University Lahore won the Pakistan’s first ever Intercollegiate All Female Debating Championship 2018 that was organised by Debating Society of Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Medical and Dental College Lahore. The team of Government College University (GCU) was declared as a runner up team by organisers. The response garnered by the ‘Khalifa Parliamentary Debating Championship 2018-Women’ was very positive. Multiple teams from various educational institutes across the country such as Kinnaird College for Women University, Forman Christian College, Ameerud Din Medical College, SIMS, UCL, Government College University, Lahore Alma, Fatima Jinnah Medical University and many more participated with enthusiasm and vigour.

The aim for inaugurating the women championship was to showcase Pakistan as a progressive nation, which believed in empowering its women. Through this event, women had a chance to speak freely about their opinions on various topics and argue about the daily dilemmas faced by any community all over the world. It was a reflection of their skills and voracity which made the event possible and provided different perspectives about the society.

Published in Daily Times, January 23rd 2018.

Share
Leave a Comment

Recent Posts

  • Top Stories

‘We are well aware of our constitutional limits’: Gen Asim Munir

During his address at the passing out parade of the Pakistan Air Force at the…

4 hours ago
  • Pakistan

PIA Issues Travel Advisories for UAE-bound Passengers Amidst Stormy Weather

  In light of the severe weather conditions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Pakistan…

5 hours ago
  • Business

Investors scour the globe for shelter as Wall Street shakes

Global investors are eyeing European and emerging market assets to protect themselves from further turbulence…

10 hours ago
  • Business

Fed to hold rates steady as inflation dims hopes for policy easing

U.S. central bank officials will conclude their latest two-day policy meeting on Wednesday with a…

10 hours ago
  • Business

Asian markets track Wall St down as Fed looms

Asian stocks sank in holiday-thinned trade Wednesday, tracking a sharp sell-off on Wall Street after…

10 hours ago
  • Business

Bank of Japan’s hawkish whispers drowned out by rowdy yen selloff

The Bank of Japan's decision to keep policy unchanged last week gave yen bears plenty…

10 hours ago