NAB holds speech competitions for students

PESHAWAR: National Accountability Bureau Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday held speech competitions among students of the district and tehsil educational institutions on corruption.

The event was held in connection with International Day on Anti-Corruption to be observed on December 9.

As many as 70 male and female students of various schools, colleges and 35 from different universities participated in the competitions.

Aima of Government Girls High School Abbottabad got first position in the competition while Hussain Khan of Government CMS School No 4 stood second while Mohammad Hashim Khan of Ghazali School and College Buner clinched the third position in Urdu speech competition.

In English competition, Rabia Azam of Government Girls CM Higher Secondary School Mardan, Faisal Khan of Ghazali School and College Buner and Tauqeer Zaman of Government School No 1 Lakki Marwat got first, second and third positions, respectively.

Similarly, in intra-college Urdu competitions, Amina Fida of Government Girls DC Chitral School, Mobina Shah of Government Postgraduate College Nowshera and Mohammad Ishtiaq of Government Postgraduate College for Boys got first, second and third positions, respectively.

In English competitions, Mohammad Ishtiaq of Government Postgraduate College Charsadda, Fatima Bibi of Government Girls Degree College Nowshera and Yasir Ali of Government Degree College Buner remained first, second and third, respectively.

In intra-universities competitions in Urdu, Saqibullah of Lakki Marwat University won the first position while Mariam Bibi of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar got second and Abu Zar Ghafari of Qurtuba University clinched the third position.

Similarly, in English competitions, Ali Raza of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Junaid Javed of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering and Technology and Zahid Bhittani of University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar got first, second and third positions, respectively.

Director General NAB KP Fayyaz Ahmed Qureshi praised the students and said they have to raise awareness among the masses about corruption and its impacts on the development of the country.

He hoped that the students would play their imperative role in curbing corruption from society and strengthen NAB in its efforts to root out corruption from society.