Extra Curricular Activities Department
Javed Qureshi Director Extra-Curricular
Alishae Khar Maira Arooba Naeem Assistant Director Assistant Director Extra-Curricular Extra-Curricular Lahore School winners at the Battle of the Minds (28th April, 2014)
Lahore School of Economics was declared the undisputed champion of Battle Of Minds 2014 in Serena, Islamabad.
The illustrious panel of judges for the Finale consisted of; Renowned Bureaucrat: Kamran Lashari. Political Commentator & TV Journalist: Moeed Pirzada. South Asia Area Head Of Marketing: Sacha Cotting. South Asia Area Head Of Operations: Mustanser Ali Khan
Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 3 Lahore School of Economics Association of Debaters (LSEAD)
Debating at Lahore School of Economics
Honorable mention at ACMUN* 9th September 2013
Students of Lahore School of Economics Marriam Musa, Ahmed Bilal, Zainab Shahid, Moiz Javed and Ahmad Kazi Won the award of Honorable Mention at the Model United Nations held at Aitchison College (ACMUN). *Aitchison College Model United Nations
Semi Finalists at Ghulam Ishaq Khan 18th November 2013
Three teams from the Lahore School of Economics participated at the British Parliamentary competition held at Ghulam Ishaq Khan (Topi) each year. This year, a team of Aqsa Tabish and Mustafa Sadiq Tawab reached the semi-finals of the tournament.
Winners at Kinnaird College 25th November 2013
LSEAD won both English and Urdu trophies at Kinnaird College Debating Championship 2013. The Urdu team was being represented by Umair Ghuman , Ahmad Butt and Shahraiz Chishti. And the English team was represented by Zain Haider , Hamza Ghaznavi and Saad Sohail.
Best Delegate at LUMUN* 21st December 2013
This year Marrium Musa won the best delegate award at the Annual Model United Nations held at the Lahore University at Management Sciences (LUMS). *Lahore University Model United Nations
4 Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 Lahore School Debate 2014 (23rd-25th December 2013)
The Lahore School Debate was hosted by the Lahore School of Economics and was based on the Asian format of debating. This year 42 teams from schools and universities all over took part in the English debate. Alongside 16 teams also participated in the Urdu Asian format.
Lahore School at WUDC*, Chennai. India. 27th Dec 2013- 6th Jan 2014
Two teams from the Lahore School were sent to participate at the World University Debating Championship, held this year in Tamil Nadu, India. The first team was represented by Syed Ali Akbar Abbas Rizvi and Wasae Imran. The second team was represented by Alishae Khar and Shahraiz Chisti. Both the teams performed well and debated against prestigious debating schools from Oxford, Harvard and Cambridge. *World University Debating Championship
Runner ups at BSS ALGC Cup 6th January 2014
A team of Shahzeb Rathore, Mibsam Shaukat and Saad Ali Khan were runners up Beacon House debating championship. Shazeb Rathore was also declared as the best speaker of the tournament. *Beacon House School System
Octa-finalist at MukMem*, Delh. India 10th-16th January 2014
A team represented by Mibsam Shaukat and Saad Khan broke at an international tournament in India, were ranked at number 6 out of 52 teams at Mukherjee Memorial, Delhi. This competition hosted various teams from Pakistan and even Ireland. * Mukherjee Memorial
Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 5 Best Delegate at FROMUN* Winners at Government College 18th January 2014 University 17th March 2014
This year the Lahore School was able to win both the Urdu and English trophies at At a Model United Nations held at Forman the Annual Government College Debating Christian College Zainab Shahid, Haris Championship. Salman, Waleed Masood and Syed Hamza Saad Sohail and Hamza Ghaznavi on won the bagged the Best Delegate award. English parliamentary debates. While Fatima Cheema, Aqsa Tabish and Umair Ghuman and Shahkaar Ali Bukhari won Hareem Fatima won the Honorary the Urdu parliamentary trophy. Mention award in their respective committees. * Forman Model United Nations Lahore School British Parliamentary: 25th-27th April 2014
Winners at LGS* Challenge Cup 19th January 2014
The 2nd Lahore School British Parliamentary Debates was held at the Burki Campus from April 25th to 27th, following the World University Style format. Umair Ghuman, Muhammad Hamza Mirza and Wasae Imran won the Lahore Grammar This year 32 teams participated in the English School Defense Urdu parliamentary category and 16 teams in Urdu. The competition championship. was overseen by some of the most reputed * Lahore Grammar School debates and judges of the Lahore circuit.
6 Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 Winners at CMH* Parliamentary Runners up at Fatima Memorial 12th May 2014 Parliamentary 25th May 2014
A team of Shahkaar Ali Bukhari, Raina Iqbal and another team of Waleed Masood and Syed Hamza runner ups the English Parliamentary Debating Championship 2014. A team of Umair Ghumman and Agha Ali were runner ups in Urdu Parliamentary at the tournament.
International Tournament of United A team represented by Syed Hamza, Waleed Asians Debating Championship: Masood and Haris Salman won at the Lahore Nanaya Tech University (NTU), Medical College debates. Singapore, nd Syed Hamza was also declared as the best 22 May 2014 speaker of the tournament. Zain Haider, Hamza Ghaznavi and Saad * Combined Military Hospital Sohail are the only team from Pakistan to break into the United Asians Debating Championship. Runners up at Allama Iqbal Medical College This competition is extremely prestigious. With 20th May 2014 a total of 120 teams from all over Asia.The team from LSE was ranked at 17th position. It is the only team from Pakistan in the history of the Asians tournament to reach the Octa Finals of the competition.
Shahkaar Ali Bukhari, Waleed Masood, Syed Hamza and Raina Iqbal on reached the finals of AIMC Parliamentary English Debating Championship 2014.
Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 7 Lahore School Music Society (LSMS)
Music at Lahore School of Lahore School stood second in the Band performance category. Economics The performance was widely lauded. All Pakistan Music Conference, (APMC) Regular Music Workshops held at the While Lahore School representing Lahore School Regular violin and of Economics in guitar lessons take place APMC Oct 8th at the Lahore School to Oct 12th 2013, Garden cafeteria during Humza Bin the following hours. Fazal secured -Monday thru Saturday 3rd Position in Vocal Classes at 11a.m to category of Folk/ 1p.m. Kafi/Geet. -Tuesday & Thursday It was the first time when LSE Participated in Violin Classes at 3p.m to All Pakistan Music Conference and achieved 5p.m. such an Honor to receive this title amongst all -Wednesday & Friday Guitar Classes at 3p.m the Schools and Colleges of Pakistan. to 5p.m
Music Workshop by Zufikar Jabbar Lahore School runners up at the Khan LUMS Music Fest 2014 15th May 2014
The Lahore University of Management On 15th May 2014 a workshop was conducted Sciences Music Fest which was held from 1st- by Zulfikhar Jabbar Khan, a renowned 3rd February 2014 had over 30 participating musician from EP and The Call Band. schools and universities.
8 Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 In the workshop he taught students music Annual Music Fest techniques and gave them tips on how to 17th March 2014 improve their musical performance.
LSMS Council workshops
Lahore School held its annual Music Fest, which was an internal Battle of the Bands competition. Some of the best bands at the Lahore School performed against each other for the title of the “Best Band”.
The council also holds its regular training sessions with new members of the society, to familiarize them with music. The sessions are held on demand per basis. Whenever the need is felt to train students (especially newcomers) a session is held in Garden Cafeteria. For this academic year, 12 sessions have been held in total by the council/.
Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 9 Lahore School Idol 14th June 2014
The Lahore School Music Society council 2014 hosted their LSE Idol during the 12th, 13th and 14th of June. It was the first music event to ever take place in the Main Cafe. It was also the first music event to last three days. Instead of auditions, this event was made open for anyone to apply. The first 30 applicants performed out of which 10 were selected for the second day and further narrowed down to 3 on the last day. The diverse judges panel included two faculty members of LSE: Zahra Zamir and Shamoon Khan along with two celebrities: Zaheer and Nadeem abbas. The event was faced by an overflowing Main Cafe hall and was a great success with Abubakr Bari emerging as a winner.
10 Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 Lahore School Literature Society (LSSL)
Reading and writing at the Lahore School
The Lahore School society of Literature conducts regular writing workshops, book club meetings, and poetry and prose recitation competitions. The society has also hosted renowned author, Mohsin Hamid (author of Moth Smoke, Reluctant Fundamentalist) for an interactive discussion session with the society.
Lahore School Social Welfare Society (LSWS)
Charity and Social Awareness at Lahore School
Voice of LSE and bake sale 19th September 2013
A music event organized by the Welfare society in which the students of Lahore School of Economics were given a chance to come up on stage and show their singing talents. A bake sale was also organized in the same event to raise some funds for donation.
Voice of LSE Sep 19th, 2013
Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 11 Halloween 4th November 2013 Halloween organized by the welfare society in collaboration with the arts society. Stalls of food and face paints were also arranged in the event. Huge sum of funds were collected which were then donated to different associations for the welfare of the people.
Career Counseling 13th February 2014 A Fulbright scholarship holder was invited at Lahore School of Economics to give the students some lecture and guidance about the “Fulbright Scholarship” and they were guided with regards to their career and bright futures.
Donation for Thar April 2014 A table was set in The Garden Café, by a student “Mueez Najam Qureshi” with the help of Welfare Society, to collect the funds for the Thar affected people. Banners were hung and leaflets were distributed around the campus. A page under the name ‘Aid For Thar Affectees’ was also created on the social networking site of Facebook to enlighten people outside the university about this charity cause and asking them to donate as well. Students as well as teachers actively participated in this campaign and a major rule was played by the university administration. A substantial amount of RS 92,400 along with bottles of water and food items was collected within a week. Food items were immediately dispatched to Tharparkar with the help of local trusts, whereas the sum gathered was donated to the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) Emergency Relief Fund from where it was put to best possible use for the Thar affectees.
12 Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 Lahore School Arts Society (LSArtS)
Painting and sketching at the Lahore School
Orientation 6th Sep 2014 The new council’s term started with an orientation on September 6th, 2013 that showcased Lahore School Arts Society’s (LSArtS) history. Auditions of the new talent were also taken by showing a “Manga” sketch on the projector and asking the participants to draw it in 15 minutes.
Graphics Workshop Oct 25, 2013
The first workshop of term 13-14 was the Graphics Workshop held on October 25th, 2013 which taught its participants the introduction to designs and Adobe Photoshop. Students showed great enthusiasm in learning the major designing tool of 21st century.
Painting Workshop Nov 6, 2013
‘Painting Workshops’ is a series of workshops that helps the students of LSE learn everything related to painting in steps. These workshops are held monthly and sometimes weekly with a new painting method every time. The first continuation of this series was held on November 6th, 2013 inside Garden Cafe. Canvases, paints of different colors, palettes and brushes of different sizes were provided to all the participants.
Halloween November 4th 2013
This term’s Halloween was held on November 4th, 2013 in the Garden Cafe where Arts society helped creating a scary environment by making tunnel of death, graves, dead bodies, Halloween pumpkins, bats and cats along with orange-yellow lighting around the venue. There was a bake-sale and a social evening managed by the Social Welfare Society. Around 500 students showed up by the end of this term’s Halloween eve.
Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 13 Artify LSE Nov 28, 2013
Artify LSE was a painting competition arranged for the artist niche of LSE held on the November 28th, 2013. Canvases, paints and brushes were provided to the participants along with art equipment. Ten of the best artists were recognized for their skills.
� Abstract Painting Workshop May 7, 2014
The abstract painting workshop, held on May 7th, 2014 was also a part of the ‘Painting Series’. Ten different techniques of abstract painting were taught to the participants. Again, the art equipment including canvases , paints and brushes were provided to all the participants. The student’s paintings were showcased in the garden cafe and the best ones were selected to be displayed.
Origami Workshop May 14, 2014
The Origami (paper folding art) workshop held on 14th may 2014 was one of a kind workshop that had a Chinese instructor giving an interactive session on Origami to the society’s members via Skype in the LSE’s Faculty Lounge. Colorful sheets of papers were provided to the members who learned many different Origami shapes in this two hour session.
14 Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 Lahore School Sports Society (LSS)
Sports and physical training at the Lahore School
Intra LSE Leagues (September-December 2013)
Football: Nukes FC were the Winners. Basketball: Winners of the Basketball League were Sheesha Boys. Cricket: The Cricket League was won by Bandits. Football: YOLO FC won the League. Cricket: Bandits won the Cricket League
Intra LSE Leagues (January-April 2014)
Participated in the Following Events (2013-2014)
FAST Tri- Series (October 4th-6th 2013)
Winners of the Overall Tri-Series between Fast, Bahria University and LSE. Hosted by FAST Islamabad.
Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 15 LUMS Tri Series (20th -23rd November 2013)
LSE came overall Second and won the Rugby, Cricket, Table Tennis and Tennis events.
LUMS Sports Fest 23rd-27th December 2013
The Lahore School Sports Society also Participated in the LUMS Sports Fest from the 23-27th of December. LSE went into the Sports Fest as the Defending Champions. LSE Won Gold in Tennis.
FAST Sports Challenge (10th-12th January 2014)
Winners Male Futsal Event. The Boys Basketball Team bagged the 3rd position at this event. The Girls Basketball Team Won the event, and the Volleyball team was runners up and the girls futsal team was third overall.
Events Hosted by LSE (2013-2014)
9TH-11TH October, LSE hosted a Tri-Series between LUMS, FCC and LSE. LUMS won the overall event for both boys and girls.
The Lahore School Sports Excellence Ceremony (5th March 2014).
The purpose of the cermeony was to look back at the year 2013 and give recognition to both sportsmen and women for their contribution to the society. Best players, sports man and woman of the year were declared at the ceremony.
16 Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 The Lahore School Annual Sports Day was held on 15th March.
The Lahore School Sports Gala 2014’, 24th-30th March.
The Sports Gala is the biggest event hosted every year by LSE. This year a total of 11 school and universities participated in the event in different sports. The Male Events included Football, Cricket, Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball and Rugby. The Female Events included Football, Volleyball and Basketball.
Lahore School Dramatics Society (LSDS)
Drama and Theatre at the Lahore School
Annual Play 2014
The Dramatics Society performed their annual play, “Out of Order” by Ray Cooney. The play was directed by Waleed Zaidi and staged on 21st and 22nd March’2014 at the Burki campus.
Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 17 South Asian Economic Students Meet 2013
Student Economic Conference at the Lahore School
Pakistan hosted South Asian Economic Students Meet 2013. It was jointly organized by Lahore School of Economics and Lahore University of Management Sciences. Dr Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, the Rector Lahore School welcomed international delegates to Lahore School of Economics on December 26, 2013. Lahore School Of Economics Photography Society
Lahore School of Economics Photography Society conducted a photography 101 workshop with Irfan Ahson. Over a hundred people attended the workshop.
18 Newsletter Lahore School of Economics Extra-Curricular 2013-2014 Irfan Ahson is one of the best photographers in the industry and has conducted workshops in all the major institutions of Pakistan Lahore School of Economics conducted a photography workshop with Ubaid Ullah Ahmed, an LSE graduate working as a professional photographer. It was the first photography workshop in the history of the society and the response of the students was impressing. The workshop was interactive and most of the people attending were interested in learning more about photography. Lahore School of Economics started a new initiative “LSE in Frames”. The idea behind it was to capture a normal day at the campus. Most of the members from the society took part in it and almost every corner of LSE was put under the highlight.
Photo Walk 8th June 2014
Lahore School Photography Society (LSEPS) conducted a Photo walk (on June 8th, 2014) after two successful workshops on basic and intermediate photography to Lahore Fort and Badshahi Mosque. Lahore School Arts Society was also invited on the Photo walk and they actively participated in this trip where they learned a lot about the architecture and history from the guide provided by the Photography Society.
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