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May 16, 2007

Lahore School of Economics Debating Teams at Chung-Ang University, South Korea

By Ahmad Iqbal Chaudhary

Lahore School of Economics Team - 1 (Haider Ali Khan, Ali Muratza and Ahmad Iqbal Chaudhary) reached quarter finals of the All Asians Debating Championship at Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. They were defeated by RVCE, India on a split decision of 2-1 on the motion that "This house would assasinate Kim Jong Il". The team had a record of 8 straight wins in the tournament and stood as the 5th top team of the competition.

Lahore School of Economics Team 2 (Omer Imtiaz, Farhan Qasim and Khadija Imam) on the other hand were Octo-finalists and broke as the 10th top team ; they were defeated by the last year's champions MMU, Malaysia. The competition was attended by 100 teams representing 28 countries from Asia.