By TRN
Online, Kathmandu,
June 13: The Embassy of Pakistan organized award giving ceremonies of the 10th
Annual Ambassador of Pakistan Essay Writing Competition and 6th Annual
Ambassador of Pakistan Speech Competition today
Abrar H Hashmi, Ambassador of Pakistan to
Nepal, handed over the awards to the students.
This year,
the topic of Essay Writing competition was “SAARC - How can it be used for
Regional Prosperity”. Students securing first, second and third position in the
Essay Writing Competition were presented Gold, Silver and Bronze medals along
with Souvenir and cash prizes. The next ten best students were also presented
with consolation cash prizes, according to the press release issued by the
Embassy.
Top position holders of the Speech Competition on “Impact of Climate Change on our Livelihood - Common Challenge to South Asia” too were given Gold, Silver, Bronze medals along with Souvenirs & cash prizes. The next thirteen best students also received Souvenirs & cash prizes.
A good
number of Nepalese students from 38 Higher Secondary School to University
students participated in the two competitions. Ambassador Hashmi lauded the
participating students for their critical thinking and called on them to
embrace the challenges of the future. The Ambassador highlighted the importance
of youth interactions between the two countries as the abiding bridge, read the
press release.
The two
competitions are held each year consecutively for last five and 10 years
respectively which have become very popular among the Nepalese youth and
attract the brightest students from all over the country.