Five Thousand Students Compete in Pakistan

From http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C07%5C01%5Cstory_1-7-2008_pg7_54

5,000 students participate in essay, speech competition

LAHORE: Five thousand students from 105 schools took part in an inter-provincial essay writing and speech competition, the final of which was held on June 28.

The participating students wrote essays and delivered speeches on: How to form a terrorism-free society, how to end child labour, and how religious freedom and harmony can be promoted in the Pakistani society.

In the first round of the competition, every school was represented by three children in a district-level competition. The winners proceeded to the final round. Muhammad Tahir won the speech competition, followed by Nida Ashfaq (second), and Aqeel Ahmad (third). The essay competition was won by Haqia Hassan (first), Kashf Raza (second) and Iqra Riaz (third).