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Team Pakistan sweeps debating competition in Mexico

**KARACHI: For the three 15-year-old students selected to represent Pakistan in one of the largest high school tournaments in the world, The Karl Popper Debating Championship (KPDC), the first-time visit to Mexico became their time to shine.Not only did the Pakistani team win the final against the team from South Korea, but all three participants were listed in the top 10 speakers of tournament. The titled was achieved after winning through 6 preliminary rounds, 3 elimination rounds and the grand final.

**Karachi Grammar School student Zainab Hameed was named the top speaker of the competition while Azeem Liaquat, student of the Salamat International Campus for Advanced Studies in Lahore, came second. Their compatriot, Ahmed Shujaan from the Aitchison College, was not far behind either and bagged the fifth position among more than 200 participants.Teams from 45 countries came together to debate on a mix of prepared and impromptu motions.

The event was a part of the 18th edition of the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) Youth Forum held in Mexico from July 2 to 15.This topic for the KPDC finals was “Guantanamo Bay prison should be closed down immediately”.

Team Pakistan was defending the motion while team Korea had the burden to prove that the motion should not be adopted.The teams participated in two competitions –the KPDC and the mixed team track. In the former, they represented Pakistan as a team while in the former, they were split up and paired with debaters from other countries.

Some more info in this thread:

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/all-views/568777-team-pakistan-wins-debating-competition-in-mexico.html#post9031171