GCU Orators dominated the national debating circuit by lifting 38 coveted team trophies, 10 runners-up trophies, 115 Best Speaker awards, 88 second-position awards, 64 third-position awards and 09 consolation prizes, which were won at various Declamation, Parliamentary Debates, Model United Nations, Recitation and Poetry competitions at the national level in English, Urdu, Pashto and Punjabi languages.
In Parliamentary Style of Debates, GCU lifted team trophies at Shahjiwana (UCL), Lahore School of Economics, Lahore Grammar School JT, Ameer Ud Din Medical College, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Jinnah Sindh Medical University Karachi and Dunya EduFest. GCU also won the team trophies in the U-19 category at Senior Urdu Nationals (DSP), Kinnaird College, LUMS, Forman Christian College and FAST.
In Declamation, Ravian orators stood victorious at various educational institutions all across Pakistan including University of Lahore, Beaconhouse National University, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Shalamar Medical College, PIEAS Islamabad, Fatima Jinnah Medical University, University of Sargodha, and numerous others.
Haris Ali Virk, President GCUDS and a student of English Literature, proved to be the most successful speaker of the year winning the highest number of trophies.
He was declared the Best Debater by the British High Commission Islamabad at the national round of the Great Debate 2019. Furthermore, Ghulam Mustafa was declared the Best Urdu Speaker by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan at the 20th All Pakistan Declamation Contest for the Award of Allama Iqbal Shield.
The debaters attributed the successful year to the unflinching support and patronage of the Honourable Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Hassan Amir Shah who not only helped arrange state-of-the-art trainings, but also took special interest in all the endeavours of the society.