Karachi: Pakistan yet again managed to unearth the hidden talent as three 15-year-old gifted students prevails in ‘The Karl Popper Debating Championship (KPDC), one of the largest high school tournaments in the world, beating South Korea in the finals of the event held in Mexico from July 2 to 15.
“Guantanamo Bay prison should be closed down immediately” was the topic to be debated in the KPDC finals, team Pakistan was defending the subject while team Korea opposed the action to be adopted.
Karachi Grammar School’s student Zainab Hameed secured the the top speaker spot in the competition while the student of the Salamat International Campus for Advanced Studies in Lahore, Azeem Liaquat, grabbed the second position. Their fellow citizen, Ahmed Shujaan from the Aitchison College, got the fifth position among more than 200 participants and was not far behind either.
The event was a component of the 18th edition of the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) Youth Forum where teams from 45 different countries came together to debate on various issues.
The full speaker rankings from this year’s Karl Popper Debating Championship are as follows,
Rank | Team | Speaker Name | Total | High | Low | Final |
1 | Pakistan | Zainab Hameed | 501.61 | 30 | 26 | 445.61 |
2 | Pakistan | Azeem Liaquaat | 500.4 | 30 | 26 | 444.4 |
3 | USA AHL | David Yoo | 500 | 30 | 26 | 444 |
4 | USA AHL | Brian Chang | 497 | 30 | 25 | 442 |
5 | Pakistan | Ahmed Shujjan | 496.8 | 29 | 26 | 441.8 |
6 | Lithuania | Simonas Bartulis | 495 | 30 | 25 | 440 |
7 | Korea | Yoonjoe Sul | 491 | 29 | 25 | 437 |
8 | Team Senorita | Christina Seong | 488 | 29 | 25 | 434 |
9 | Korea | Helen Song | 486 | 29 | 24 | 433 |
10 | Mexico A | Lucia Arce | 485 | 29 | 24 | 432 |
11 | Korea | Peter Kim | 483 | 29 | 23 | 431 |
11 | Team Senorita | May Lim | 485 | 29 | 25 | 431 |
13 | Japan | Masahiro Kusunoki | 482 | 29 | 23 | 430 |
13 | USA AHL | Linda Shin | 483 | 29 | 24 | 430 |
15 | Estonia | Kristin Parts | 483 | 29 | 25 | 429 |
16 | YOLO | David Lee | 479 | 28 | 24 | 427 |
17 | Estonia | Katriin Bachmann | 478 | 29 | 24 | 425 |
18 | Estonia | Deivi Ois | 477 | 29 | 24 | 424 |
18 | Lithuania | Egle Kavaliunaite | 476 | 28 | 24 | 424 |
20 | Team Senorita | Soomin Choi | 473 | 28 | 25 | 420 |
21 | Lithuania | Justinas Cirtautas | 472 | 28 | 25 | 419 |
22 | Team Sunly | Sunmin Park | 469.2 | 28 | 23 | 418.2 |
23 | Tunisia | Iheb Jemel | 466 | 28 | 22 | 416 |
23 | Zimbabwe | Nicola Hove | 466 | 28 | 22 | 416 |
25 | YOLO | Julie Joosong Kim | 466 | 29 | 24 | 413 |
25 | YOLO | Caleb Seungyeon Choi | 466 | 29 | 24 | 413 |
27 | Belarus | Alexander Korpechkin | 464 | 29 | 23 | 412 |
27 | Zimbabwe | Charmaine Nyakonda | 464 | 28 | 24 | 412 |
29 | Belarus | Rammi Dgham | 462 | 28 | 23 | 411 |
29 | Macedonia | Sara Kajevikj | 463 | 28 | 24 | 411 |
31 | Team Sunly | Danny Choo | 459.6 | 27 | 23 | 409.6 |
32 | Mexico B | Monica Martin del Campo | 460 | 28 | 24 | 408 |
32 | Slovakia – Tisovec | Andrej Batyas | 458 | 27 | 23 | 408 |
32 | Tunisia | Mohamed Ourir | 459 | 28 | 23 | 408 |
35 | Palestine | Faiq Habash | 457 | 29 | 21 | 407 |
35 | Team BoA | YunAh Ko | 459 | 28 | 24 | 407 |
35 | Tunisia | Ons M’Saad | 457 | 28 | 22 | 407 |
38 | Mexico A | Jesus Isaac | 456 | 27 | 23 | 406 |
39 | Team Panda | Nima Olumi | 454 | 27 | 22 | 405 |
40 | Japan | Kazuki Yoshii | 455 | 28 | 23 | 404 |
41 | Korea NLCS A | Eun Seo Choi | 451 | 26 | 22 | 403 |
41 | Team Panda | Carter Sheffield | 453 | 27 | 23 | 403 |
43 | Belarus | Vladimir Volkov | 452 | 28 | 23 | 401 |
43 | Palestine | Dina Toubasi | 450 | 27 | 22 | 401 |
45 | Japan | Masaaki Nando | 450 | 27 | 23 | 400 |
45 | OPPA | Eric Kang | 450 | 27 | 23 | 400 |
45 | Slovakia | Peter Blaha | 450 | 27 | 23 | 400 |
45 | Team Panda | Paul K Lee | 450 | 28 | 22 | 400 |
49 | Korea NLCS B | Othello Hong | 447 | 26 | 22 | 399 |
49 | Mexico A | Guillermo Tamayo Romero | 449 | 27 | 23 | 399 |
49 | Team BoA | Paul Jung | 448 | 27 | 22 | 399 |
52 | Team Sunly | Ally Jung | 447.6 | 27 | 22 | 398.6 |
53 | Korea NLCS A | Tac Hwa Hong | 448 | 27 | 23 | 398 |
53 | OPPA | Heesoo Lee | 449 | 28 | 23 | 398 |
53 | OPPA | Hyunho Jeon | 449 | 28 | 23 | 398 |
53 | Palestine | Dina Amro | 448 | 28 | 22 | 398 |
53 | Slovakia – Tisovec | Zuzana Szalaiova | 448 | 27 | 23 | 398 |
58 | Macedonia | Nikola Zhivkovikj | 447 | 29 | 21 | 397 |
58 | Mexico B | Greta Angel Hernandez | 447 | 27 | 23 | 397 |
58 | Team BoA | Harry Kim | 448 | 28 | 23 | 397 |
61 | Ingsoc | Harry Go | 444 | 27 | 21 | 396 |
61 | Rositam | Ana Maria Diez | 444 | 28 | 20 | 396 |
61 | Slovakia | Zuzana Butonova | 446 | 27 | 23 | 396 |
64 | Korea NLCS C | Sam Ha | 444 | 27 | 22 | 395 |
64 | Rositam | Carolina Fajardo | 442 | 27 | 20 | 395 |
66 | Slovakia – Tisovec | Milica Majorcikova | 442 | 27 | 22 | 393 |
67 | Korea NLCS B | Danny Kim | 441 | 27 | 22 | 392 |
67 | Korea NLCS C | Neil Song | 441 | 27 | 22 | 392 |
69 | Korea NLCS C | Dyan Jeong | 441 | 27 | 23 | 391 |
70 | Rositam | Ana Paula Rojas | 438 | 28 | 20 | 390 |
70 | Russia | Sergei Dmitriev | 439 | 28 | 21 | 390 |
72 | Ingsoc | Maria Salazar Alfaro | 436 | 26 | 22 | 388 |
73 | Korea NLCS A | Seung Heon Oh | 436 | 27 | 22 | 387 |
73 | Korea NLCS B | Ted Cho | 435 | 26 | 22 | 387 |
75 | Slovakia | Marek Engel | 436 | 28 | 22 | 386 |
76 | Russia | Daria Khutoryanskaya | 431 | 26 | 20 | 385 |
77 | Zimbabwe | Task Ohmori | 430 | 26 | 20 | 384 |
78 | Macedonia | Dobromir Aleksik | 432 | 27 | 22 | 383 |
78 | New York City | Anastacia Netrunenko | 432 | 27 | 22 | 383 |
80 | New York City | Hanna Sperver | 429 | 27 | 20 | 382 |
81 | Haiti | Sachernka Anacassis | 431 | 28 | 22 | 381 |
82 | Russia | Evgenii Aferin | 428 | 29 | 20 | 379 |
83 | New York City | Gabriella Ven Hutta | 424 | 27 | 22 | 375 |
84 | Guatemala | Susana Mesia | 419 | 26 | 21 | 372 |
84 | Haiti | Fabiola Jean-Charles | 419 | 26 | 21 | 372 |
86 | Guatemala | Rodrigo Marroquin | 416 | 25 | 21 | 370 |
87 | Mexico B | Luz Adriana Valtiera Nieto | 414 | 27 | 20 | 367 |
88 | Guatemala | Yohan Mesia | 410 | 25 | 21 | 364 |
89 | Haiti | Mirlene Blanchard | 406 | 25 | 20 | 361 |
90 | Ingsoc | Aboubakr Oraby | 402 | 25 | 20 | 357 |
noorulnida
Masha’Allah! thumbs up!
Bokhari
Good going guys! 🙂 mashaAllah! great to see talent of our country making their mark internationally!
Uneeb Akram
Very good. Keep it up GUYS.