The English Speaking Union of Pakistan (ESUP) held its National Public Speaking Competition at Karachi, in which two finalists of each of the public-speaking competitions held by its Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Chapters, participated. The students were between 16 to 20 years of age.
The two best speakers of this final round were selected by an eminent panel of judges to represent Pakistan at the International Public Speaking Competition to be held in London from May 23rd. - 27th, 2011.
The eminent Panel of Judges were Daniel Tarshish, Deputy Head of Mission of the British Deputy British High Commission at Karachi, Dr Christian Brecht, the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Marjorie Husain, the renowned Art Critic and Columnist of an English newspaper. The theme of the National Competition, as prescribed by ESU London, was "Lessons for the Future".
The local ESUP Karachi Public-Speaking Competition was held a day earlier, on 24th March 2011. Students from 15 schools and colleges of Karachi competed and two were selected to represent Karachi in the final round. The eminent Panel of Judges consisted of Munnawar Hameed, Saeed Ahmed and Shireen Naqvi.
This year marks the 30-year Celebrations of the ESU International Public-Speaking Competition in London in which representatives from 54 countries will participate. For the final round, the ESUP National Public-Speaking Competition, the two student finalists from Lahore and the two student finalists from Islamabad were specially flown in to Karachi by the ESUP.
Out of these six students who competed, the two best speakers selected to represent Pakistan in the ESU International English Speaking Union Competition, will now be sent to London by the ESUP. In 1999, the Pakistan representative selected by the ESUP, Sidra Iqbal, won the coveted cup, bringing honour and glory to Pakistan.-PR
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