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UET wins GCU's Allama Iqbal HIGHLIGHTS

Declamation Contest 2020
Government College
team of University of Engineering and Technology, University Lahore
Lahore has won the 40th All Pakistan Allama
AMuhammad Iqbal Bilingual Declamation Contest,
hosted by the Government College University Lahore Debating
Society (GCUDS).
The Ravian orators opened and closed the House with their
memorable speeches. However, as a matter of principle, they as
hosts didn't contest for medals.
UET student Danish Azam was adjudicated the Best Urdu
Speaker of the declamation contest and awarded with the Dr.
Majid Nizami Medal, while University of Engineering and
Technology, Lahore student Mahnoor Rana was awarded the
Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medal for the Best English Speaker of
the event.
In the final round, the serious topics that remained closely
contested by the teams were: “the world will not fail if Pakistan
fails, but the world will be healthier if Pakistan is healthy”,
“globalization is incredibly efficient but also so far incredibly

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unjust”, “for girls, becoming women is inevitability: for boys,
becoming men is ambition” and “the moment you recognize
what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave”.
Ms Nadia Saquib, Additional Secretary Finance, Government
of the Punjab, who was also president GCU's Debating Society
20 years ago, was the Chief Guest at the final round of one of
the country's biggest gala.
Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar
Zaidi congratulated the GCU Debating Society for organising
this mega contest of public speaking while observing SoPs for
protection against Coronavirus. The Vice Chancellor also said
that debates played a crucial role in overall grooming and
personality development of students. “It teaches how to
disagree with others respectfully with arguments.” he
concluded.