The Lahore School of Economics Association of Debaters (LSEAD) has won the 17th Annual Parliamentary Debating Competition at the Government College University. Competing with several teams from all over Pakistan; two teams from Lahore School successfully reached the final round and competed against each other to bring the trophy back home for the second consecutive time.
The final match took place on April 24, 2012, between Lahore School Team A (consisting of Wasae Imran, Ali Akbar Abbas Rizvi and Hamza Ghaznavi) and Lahore School Team B (consisting of Shahzeb Rathore, Saad Sohail and Zarak Shah) with Team A winning after a unanimous decision in their favor.
The motion discussed in the final round was ‘This House Believes that Education Should Be a Federal Subject’ and both sides argued intensely on the topic right till the end. To top it off, Ali Akbar Abbas Rizvi was awarded the Best Speaker of the Tournament - [Sidra Rana].