CSS exams: competitiveness


THIS is apropos of the letter ‘CSS exams: plea to CJP (Oct 29). The writer is demanding BS-17 positions in federal government for the 550 unallocated candidates of CSS examinations in 2012.

I disagree with the writer. There are hundreds of candidates who have passed the CSS examinations in previous years but were not allocated any group.

If the plea is accepted by the chief justice, then the first ones to get the job should be those hundreds of aspirants.

The CSS is the only examination in the country where meritocracy and transparency has been upheld for decades. Every candidate gets three chances to prove his or her standing in this prestigious competitive examination.

We should not compromise on the examination’s quality of competitiveness, and make every effort to strengthen this institute rather than making it spineless.

I believe such pleas would hurt the feelings of previous candidates who were not allocated any group, and may also affect the competitiveness of CSS examinations.

WAQAR ALI BHUTTO Larkana

Dawn