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Pakistan Pre ABP

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The field

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

104 teams (This edition), 62 teams (2026), 27 teams (2025), 104 teams (2024), 33 teams (2024)

Motions from this series

Pakistan Pre ABP (2026)9 motions
  • Round 1THO the narrative that people should only enter romantic relationships they anticipate to be sustainable in the long-term
  • Round 2THW abolish the TRIPS agreement
  • Round 3This house supports the shaming of individuals as a tactic for social movements to catalyse change (e.g.c shaming individuals for not taking environmentally sustainable actions, shaming individuals for violating lockdown/quarantine policies)
  • Round 4This house, as ASEAN, Prefers to pursue closer ties with the Quad rather than China
  • QuarterfinalsThis house supports Nationalism
  • SemifinalsGiven the existence of an Artificial General Intelligence, THP that it would be based on virtue ethics and not utilitarian framework
  • Grand FinalThis House Hopes that the new civilization never adopts any form of organized religion
  • Novice Pre-SemifinalsTHR the rise of "cut-off culture
  • Novice SemifinalsTHBT advanced economies should focus on rapid increases in growth, even at the expense of significantly higher rates of inequality
Pakistan Pre WSDC 2026 (2026)14 motions
  • Round 0This House supports the widespread availability and use of Creed
  • Round 0This House supports the widespread availability and use of Creed
  • Round 1This House opposes the rising popularity of self-deprecating humour
  • Round 2This House would grant formal political representation to diasporan communities (e.g., creating legislative constituencies representing the diasporas, appointing a government minister responsible for diaspora affairs, etc.)
  • Round 3This House opposes the stigma against outsourcing care for the elderly
  • Round 4This House prefers the directing of green energy subsidies towards the repurposing of fossil fuel infrastructure for the production of green energy, rather than to the funding of new innovations in green technology
  • Round 5This House would impose more substantial taxes on short-term capital gains over long-term capital gains
  • Open Octo FinalsThis House supports the normalization of human-artificial intelligence relationships
  • Open Quarter FinalsThis House supports the widespread availability and use of Creed
  • ESL SemifinalsThis House supports the widespread availability and use of Creed
  • Novice FinalsThis House supports the widespread availability and use of Creed
  • SemifinalsThis House believes that it would be in the interests of SADC member states should prioritize pursuing unified responses to rising global demand for critical and rare earth minerals (e.g., establishing common bargaining platforms, common export quotas, shared export standards, etc.) as opposed to fragmented, country-specific responses
  • ESL FinalsThis House prefers a world with a widespread belief in radical freedom
  • Grand FinalThis House regrets the narrative that the arc of the moral universe is long but bends towards justice
Pakistan Pre-WSDC 2025 (2025)11 motions
  • Round 1TH opposes the romanticization of youth
  • Round 2THS all scientific research efforts to genetically engineer endangered species
  • Round 3This House opposes the use of ""pay-to-win"" mechanics in gaming
  • Round 4THS the widespread portrayal of deviant behaviour amongst teenagers in TV shows and movies. (e.g. 13 Reasons Why, Euphoria)
  • Round 5THBT all private spaceflight companies (SpaceX, Blue Origin, etc.) should prioritize consolidating existing exploration efforts on celestial bodies that have already been explored (moon, Mars, etc.) as opposed to focusing on unexplored celestial bodies (moons of Jupiter and Saturn, etc.)
  • Round 6TH, as China, Would aggressively pivot away from the US
  • QuarterfinalsTH, as a working class individual, W choose to live with a passively nihilistic disposition.
  • SemifinalsAssuming a peaceful and democratic transition, this house supports the United States of America being separated into more politically homogeneous sovereign states
  • Grand FinalThis house prefers a world where there is a singular world religion
  • EFL FinalsTH, as a working class individual, W choose to live with a passively nihilistic disposition.
  • ESL FinalsAssuming a peaceful and democratic transition, this house supports the United States of America being separated into more politically homogeneous sovereign states
Pakistan Pre-ABP 2024 (2024)12 motions
  • Round 1THO cryptic art
  • Round 2THP a world where love is quantifiable.
  • Round 3THS OpenAI's transition from the current model to the PBC model.
  • Round 4TH, as the AU, would aggressively intervene in coup situations in Africa
  • Round 5This house supports the shaming of individuals as a tactic for social movements to catalyse change (e.g. shaming individuals for not taking environmentally sustainable actions, shaming individuals for violating lockdown/quarantine policies)
  • Partial OctofinalsThis house believes that religious narratives should prioritize the mundane depiction of spiritual figures over their sacred one
  • QuarterfinalsTHBT Pakistan should prioritize debt restructuring over receiving further IMF bailouts.
  • SemifinalsTH prefers a world where co-parenting is primarily non-romantic (ie. conducted by consenting partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship, eg. friends).
  • Grand FinalTHBT capitalism has done more harm than good to women
  • Novice SemifinalsTHW legalise euthanasia
  • Novice FinalsThis house opposes the narrative that individual actions are able to change the world
  • EFL FinalsTH prefers a world where co-parenting is primarily non-romantic (ie. conducted by consenting partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship, eg. friends).
Pakistan Pre-WSDC 2024 (2024)10 motions
  • Round 0This house supports educational flexibility at schools
  • Round 0This house supports educational flexibility at schools
  • Round 1This house supports educational flexibility at schools
  • Round 2This house, as the feminist movement, W prioritize feminist art that depicts positive and uplifting experiences of femininity rather than challenging and traumatic experiences
  • Round 3THBT the Bukele Plan is in the best interests of El Salvador
  • Round 4This house regrets the narrative that you have to love yourself before you could love anyone else
  • QuarterfinalsTHW break up energy conglomerates
  • SemifinalsThis house believes that the AI race does more harm than good
  • Junior SemifinalsTHW break up energy conglomerates
  • Junior FinalsThis house believes that the AI race does more harm than good

What gets set here

Social & Identity20%
Economics7%
International Relations4%
Politics4%
Religion4%
Philosophy2%

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You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

  • Social & Identity · 29% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 18% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

25% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 6 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 74.2.

Last edition: 18 of 93 teams broke.

  • 202410 pts · 79.9 speaks24/104
  • 20244 pts · 71.3 speaks8/33
  • 20254 pts · 71.7 speaks9/27
  • 20268 pts · 76.5 speaks18/93
  • 20264 pts · 71.7 speaks17/62
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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • Open break18 teams
  • Novice break14 teams

How scoring works here

72.8 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 71.4 and 74.3.

This is 2.0 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 73.3

Top-10 pace 72.5

Top-20 pace 72.1

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 5 editions.

Comparable: Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇬🇧 Muhammad K.DLOThis house, as ASEAN, Prefers to pursue closer ties with the Quad rather than China81
Sayed B.DPMTHW abolish the TRIPS agreement81
🇺🇸 Sarim K.LOThis house, as ASEAN, Prefers to pursue closer ties with the Quad rather than China81
Ahmad S.OWThis house supports the shaming of individuals as a tactic for social movements to catalyse change (e.g.c shaming individuals for not taking environmentally sustainable actions, shaming individuals for violating lockdown/quarantine policies)81
Imaad H.MGTHW abolish the TRIPS agreement81
Advocate K.MOThis house, as ASEAN, Prefers to pursue closer ties with the Quad rather than China80
Imaad H.MOThis house, as ASEAN, Prefers to pursue closer ties with the Quad rather than China80
Jan E.PMThis house supports the shaming of individuals as a tactic for social movements to catalyse change (e.g.c shaming individuals for not taking environmentally sustainable actions, shaming individuals for violating lockdown/quarantine policies)80
Abdullah F.PMTHW abolish the TRIPS agreement80
Christopher T.MGTHW abolish the TRIPS agreement80
Hooria S.MOTHW abolish the TRIPS agreement80
Jack C.MOTHW abolish the TRIPS agreement80

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