SDS Induction Conference 2012

Iqra Ishaque-President SDS

Jasir Kamal-G.S SDS

Induction in Process

SZABIST Debating Society held an induction conference for the new recruits of the society on 9^th of September, 2012. General Secretary SDS, Jasir Kamal welcomed all the attendants and began the induction formally with the Recitation and Translation of Holy Quran by Saad Ashraf.

After the Recitation of Holy Quran, President SDS, Ms. Iqra Ishaque introduced herself and the society to the new recruits. She highlighted the vision & mission of SDS and informed the members about the rules and regulations of the society. The events along with the timelines that SDS plans to carry out in its current tenure were also discussed. After her motivating speech, Ms. Iqra asked the team leads to give a brief introduction about themselves to the new recruits. Team Leads Saad Ashraf (Debating Coordinator), Maria Shafiq (Marketing), Waqar Younus (Event Management) and Muhammad Murad (Content Writing) introduced themselves respectively.

After Team Leads introduced themselves, new orators were encouraged to come and orate on any of the topic of their own choice. The object of this small exercise was to motivate them. The SDS executive body was overjoyed to see the new dynamic orators of the society. The President and G.S thanked the members with a smile for attending the induction conference and making it memorable. 

Introduction to SZABIST DEBATING SOCIETY

SZABIST Debating Society is the society of the dynamic orators and debaters of SZABIST which promotes extra-curricular activities through debates and declamations in SZABIST.

 It organizes 2 main events every year; Intra-SZABIST Debating competition and All Pakistan Debating Competition. The main objectives of society behind these events are to promote SZABIST & SDS, to provide platform for declamations and debates to courageous orators and to encourage the youth to think out of the box and make the correct use of their weapons-‘WORDS’. 

Intra-SZABIST debating competition is for the students of SZABIST in which students from various departments of SZABIST participate.  While, in All-Pakistan debating competition students from all over Pakistan participate to make their mark and make the event memorable. Further, SDS sends its orators and debaters to participate in various debating and declamation contests that take place all over Pakistan.