Originally Posted by BePersistent

Having attended academies, I can honestly say that FPSC is targeting those subjects that are a) either taken lightly by academies and told to "yeh select sawal kr lo paper ho jae ga". example: Islamiat or b) Highly promoted; IR. Will be interesting to see what treatment Gender Studies gets since every other "CSS guru" gives the following advice during optional selection "Gender le lo, essay ho jae ga"