The Politik'14

Written By: Maida Ajmal
PC: Impressions Photography

IBA Social Sciences Club organized a mega event Politik’14 which took place from 27th to 30th March 2014 at student activity centre, IBA Main Campus.It aimed to impart deep philosophical knowledge on the various aspects of political science. The central objective of this event was to promote the sense of responsibility within the students towards their nation and to make them better citizens so it was a very good opportunity for all participants.

Day 1 started with participants reaching the venue in the morning with full enthusiasm. Mustafa Ilyas a brilliant student of IBA BBA-6 as well as an amazing photographer was selected as the day champ for this day. He welcomed all the participants and divided them in clusters with Cluster Facilitators or Legal Advisors appointed for each group. Some of the CFs who stood out were Babar Mobeen, Sidra Ajmal, Maria Wadiwala, Zeeshan Chaudhry and Taqi Rizvi. The event kicked off with the outstanding session of Jibran Nasir. Then there was a referendum activity done. In the meanwhile to refresh the participants there was a performance by Ali Gul Pir sponsored by Candy land with free Chilli Milli giveaways which surely rejuvenated all of them. Afterwards there was a session by PML-N president Karachi Nehal Hashmi from whom participants asked many controversial questions. In the end there was an activity to select slogans for different parties that were formed along with posters.

Day 2 was even better! Jemima khan’s video was shown sponsored by Pak Sar Zameen ngo. Abdullah khan came as a guest speaker who was a member of PTI and the relative of Imran Khan; he also spoke a few words of wisdom and along with him came Naz Baloch of PTI. Wahid Ali Shah once again an outstanding student of IBA was chosen as the day champ who carried out a very informative and interesting activity with the host Waseem Badami and the person who was invited as the guest was Faisal Sabzwari of MQM, also Moiz Khan who is part of IBA faculty was chosen as the moderator and Dr. Huma Baqai also made this activity better by her presence. End of day couldn’t have been better than the comedy and jashan night in which there were amazing performances by Ali Raj, Faraz Nafees and Moiz Khan.

Moving on to day 3! It was the elections day, the day when participants came all ready to get the taste of real elections in Pakistan. Firstly the groups were asked to send forward a representative to speak for their party and then there was a panel discussion. Mustafa Ilyas again acted as the day champ and hosted this activity. Terrorist group with their amazing slogans and aim to establish a country called Tharkistan surely gave everyone a good laugh and an idea of how the minds of terrorists work. Finally there were elections by all participants and when the votes were counted and terrorist group won with a majority even though they were not even a party. This was a simple demonstration of rigging. Afterwards there was a guest speaker session by Khawaja Izhar of MQM. Day ended with a social at dream world resort where there were numerous enjoyment activities for everyone in a secure environment.

Finally and smoothly team Politik managed to reach the final day of the event. Saud Shahid, a student of IBA and part of terrorist group (in the event) gave a speech and the surprise element was disclosed as he himself was made the day champ which was surely a twist to the game. VP chamber of commerce Muhammad Idrees made his presence and also Farooq Sattar(MQM) spoke a few words which surely impressed many people. Also Zubair Umar and Nehal Hashmi from PML-N came as guest speakers. Finally a student of IBA Tabish Hashmi arrived and spoke a little. Afterwards there was a closing ceremony in which the winners were announced and the management team was introduced and thanked.

Nabeel Shafique(Treasurer), Abdul Rehman(VP) , Omar Tariq(Advisor) and all other management team of Politik worked tirelessly day and night to make this event one of a kind and to leave a mark in the minds of people. And it surely turned out that way.