Page 40 - Newsletter May 2018

Newsletter The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan student section ICAP Student Bags Second Position in All Karachi Inter university Bilingual Declamation Contest Spring 2018 xtracurricular activities benefit students significantly E in their personal lives and well-being. Studies have shown that students who participate in co-curricular activities have a marked improvement in the grades. Extracurricular activities can help raise a student’s self- esteem and self-awareness and allows the student to learn about the skills and talents they already have and can teach them new ones such as time management, organisation, and prioritising skills. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) have always provided different platforms for its students Barrett Hodgson University; Pakistan Marine Academy; to develop their leadership and time management Institute of Business Administration (IBA), The Institute skills through quiz competitions, debate competitions, of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and ambassador program and participation in education Pakistan Navy Engineering College, National University exhibitions and have also encouraged students to of Science and Technology (PNEC-NUST) participated in represent the Institute at the national and international the competition. level. Hamdard University grabbed the best team award. In Recently, ICAP participated in the All Karachi Inter English speeches, Abdul Muizz from IoBM, Mannar University Bilingual Declamation Contest Spring 2018, Ahmed Siddiqui from ICAP, and Maham Sheikh from organised by PAF-KIET on April 11, 2018. The top three Jinnah Sindh Medical University got first, second and position holder of CA Pakistan ICON DEBATER Competition third positions respectively. In Urdu speeches, Shaher (South), Maham Faisal, Asad Mirza and Mannar Ahmed Bano from NED University of Engineering & Technology, Siddiqui, represented ICAP in the competition. Taha Ahmed from Dow University of Health Sciences, and Syed Iqbal Rizvi from Hamdard University secured In all, 23 teams from Pakistan Naval Academy, PNS first, second, and third positions respectively. Rahbar; NED University of Engineering & Technology; Sindh Madrassatul Islam University; Dow University of Dr. Muzaffar Mehmood, dean Academics PAF-KIET, Health & Sciences; Institute of Business Management graced the occasion as the chief guest. Air Commodore (IoBM); Jinnah Sindh Medical University; University (Retd.) Nizam Uddin, registrar PAF-KIET, was one of Karachi; Hamdard University; Karachi Institute of of the guests. Judges panel for English speeches Technology and Entrepreneurship (KITE); Federal comprised: Air Commodore (Retd.) Khayyam Durrani Urdu University; Jinnah University for Women; Bahria and Muhammad Sadiq (Retd. CSP officer); and for Urdu, University; Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of the judges were: Mufti Hafiz Abdul Qadir and Owais Law; Dawood University of Engineering & Technology; Rabbani. 40 May 2018