I know its late but I couldn't find time before to post my Interview experience on this prestigious forum.
Date: 27 Feb, 2014
Centre: Multan
Duration: 35 minutes
I was the 5th to meet the panel
I entered the room and said Assalam-u-Alaikum.
Penalists replied, I reached near Chair and stopped, Chairman asked me to sit, I took my seat and said Thank You to Chairman.
And my interview started.
Chairman: You are Saba Asghar?
Me: Yes
Chairman: You have done MSc. Economics.
Me: Yes
Ch: You are doing job in Finance Department, Are you regular?
Me: Yes sir I am a permanent employee.
Ch: Your selection was done by PPSC?
Me: Yes Sir.
Ch: Ok so can I ask some questions regarding your job?
Me: yes sir but let me tell you first that I joined my duty just 5 months back and got my assignment just a month before. So, I am still learning.
Ch: You are learning. Ok.
Ch: Ok Saba, we see that intolerance and violence is increasing in our society, what do you reckon is the reason for this?
Me: Sir there are many reasons like we do not teach tolerance. In our curriculum we highlight the warrior and fighter face of our history, like we glorify Muhammad bin Qasim and Ghaznavi but we do not teach how strongly our Holy Prophet S.A.W taught tolerance and co-existence. We do not teach to our children about the Charter of Rights of Minorities our Holy Prophet P.B.U.H laid down for the Christians of Habsha.
Ch: Ok. And?
Me: Sir our justice system is flawed. People do not trust the credibility of courts and there is weak writ of govt. People do not trust law enforcement agencies and that’s why they are keen to take law into their hands. They have tendency to do justice for themselves. Sir for example the incident of stoning to death of a couple by a mob in Balochistan. People were not afraid of any punishment so they did this heinous act without any reluctance.
Ch: What do you think is the reason for this? Why is our justice system flawed?
Me: Sir our prosecution is weak. Criminals and sinners know they will walk out freely from the courts.
Ch: Then what is its solution?
Me: Sir we should revisit our education system to preach an environment of tolerance Moreover, prosecution should be made more effective to establish rule of law.
Ch: Do you propose Speedy Justice system?
Me: Sir yes sort of that system.
Ch: You mean a system like Jirga? Jirgas also work like speedy justice system.
Me: Sir there comes the question of legitimacy. Its not the duty of Jirga to enforce Law. It’s the duty of State. And state should enforce it.
Ch: Ok. Saba what are the major problems of South Punjab?
Me: Sir 1. There are very less employment opportunities here, people are compelled to go to big cities like Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad to get good employment.
2. Sir there are very few good educational institutions. In entire South Punjab there would be 2 or 3 good universities, for education as well people go to big cities.
3. Sir there is lack of infra-structure.
Ch: How is there lack of infrastructure? I have seen good many roads in Multan.
Me: Sir Multan is the 6th largest city of Pakistan. These roads are not enough.
Ch: Ok.
Ch: Bus (He wanted to listen to more problems)
Me: Yes Sir (I could think of no more issues at that time :P)
Ch: Don't you think militant hideouts is major issue of South Punjab?
Me: Sir, this issue is also linked to the issues I have already mentioned. If people are unemployed and do not have good education they will fall a prey to militant agenda.
Ch: Ok. It is written in your psychological performa that you have a hobby of "Meeting with new people". It’s a very rare hobby. What does it mean?
Me: Sir I have been teaching since long. My students even older are still in touch with me. Their parents, relatives, friends, neighbors etc. all know me and they bring their children to me for counseling. I meet with them to make them learn what I know and make myself learn from them.
Ch: ok
Then he referred me to Ma'm Batool.
MB: Which Essay did you attempt?
Me: Sir (:P, then I realized she isn’t sir :p) Ma'm, Sorry Ma'm (Smilingly, she also smiled), Ma'm I did "Free speech should have limitations".
MB: DO you think our media is practicing freedom of speech rightly?
Me: No Ma'm they aren’t.
MB: How?
Me: Ma'm like when there occurs a bomb blast, some channels keep showing bloodshed and scattered bodyparts of humans. This practice spreads chaos in society and they are indirectly supporting the terrorist objective of spreading terror.
MB: Should govt. impose some restrictions on Media to control this?
Me: Ma’m if Govt. imposes control over media it would feel like oppression. Media should be self-conscious.
MB: Ok. Saba you have been teaching for almost 7 years. Teaching is a very respectable profession. What was the reaction of your family when you decided to do CSS?
Me: Ma'm I had decided to adopt CSS as career when I was in school. I had to do teaching to finance my education it was not a career choice. It was a financial constraint.
MB: Why? Was your father not supporting you financially or he dint want you to get education?
Me: Ma'm it was both. He had financial issues as well as he dint want me to get education. He wanted me to get marry which I refused.
MB: (Smilingly looked towards Chairman and said) Another Mukhtaraan Mai.
Me: (Couldn’t comprehend her meaning) Yes Ma'm?
MB: Do you know about her?
Me: Yes Ma'm.
MB: Ok tell me the reason of occurrence of that incident. Don't tell me that there was some issue between the two families. I want to hear a Read Between the Lines reason.
Me: Ma'm Feudal Mindset.
MB: Ok so what is the solution to change this situation?
Me: Education. Women and other people should be educated about their rights.
MB: Do you think by education the issue can be resolved?
Me: Yes Ma'm if people know about their rights they would at least rise for their rights and fight for them.
MB: Ok thank You (smilingly)
Then she referred me to Wajid Rana sb.
WR: What is BOP?
Me replied.
WR: What is TOT?
Me replied.
WR: Are you sure?
Me explained again.
WR: Ok. What is Panj Sheela?
Me: Sorry Sir I couldn’t hear.
WR: What is Panj Sheela?
Me: Sorry Sir I don’t know.
WR: These are the five principles of co-existence?
Me: Sorry Sir
WR: Ok. What is CAREC and what is its significance for Pakistan?
(He was speaking at lowest of his volume)
Me: Sir sorry I couldn’t hear you.
WR: repeated the question.
Me: Sir these are central Asian Republics, very rich in mineral resources and Pakistan can become a transit trade hub (I wasn’t finished but he intervened)
WR: No, no these are not only Central Asian Republics, it’s an organization…… bla bla..
Me: Ok Sir
WR: What is pre-emption theory?
Me: Sir it’s the same theory upon which Bush attacked Iraq. (I wasn’t finished again but he intervened)
WR: What are its implication for the wotrld?
Me: Sir, it destabilized the world. (Intervened again)
WR: How?
Me: Sir destabilization of Middle East has destabilized the entire world. (Intervened agan)
WR: How it destabilized the entire world?
Me: Sir we all know that weapons have spread all around and rebels are more powerful than before.
WR: This America is annoying Muslim world a lot. What do you say should all Muslim countries unite and wage war against America to make him learn a lesson?
Me: Sir, Muslim countries should definitely unite but this unity should be for the purpose of their development not to wage war against any country.
WR: Why not?
Me: Sir first of all war is not a good thing. It brings misery to humanity. And if we look at it realistically, we can not fight a war against America. All Muslim countries together do not have much weapons as alone America has.
WR: Why? We have Atom bomb.
Me: Sir but we donot have those missiles that can target America.
WR: So what? we will throw atom bomb on Israel from Iran.
Me: (Smilingly) Sir and in reply America will throw bomb on us.
We All laughed. 
WR: What is Social Contract Theory of Hobbes and Rosseau?
Me: Sir Hobbes presented a social contract in which he gave all sovereignty to the ruler, and Social contract of Rosseau is based upon general Will. (Again intervened)
WR: What is Social Contract of Pakistan?
Me: Sir according to our social contract, sovereignty rests with Allah and representatives of people exercise this within the specified limits of Allah.
WR: Shouldn’t we change our social contract? These representatives of people have made a mess out of country.
(Changing social contract means we are changing our constitution. That is where he wanted to trap me.)
Me: No sir we do not need to change our social contract. There is no flaw in social contract. Flaws are a matter of implementation.
WR: But these representatives are doing no good.
Me: Sir in my opinion democracy is still nascent in our country, by the time people will learn to select good representatives.
WR: Thank You.
He referred me to Sohail Mansoor.
SM was sitting beside Ch and Ch was holding some papers and discussing something with SM. Ch asked me, how were the papers of Economics? Were they CSS level?
Me: Yes sir these were good. I have seen the papers of IES, Indian Economic Services these papers were close to them.
Ch: And how about the paper of Statistics?
Me: Sir it was also a good paper. It was mostly based upon practicals which is the essence of Statistics.
SM: You have done MSc. Economics as regular student?
Me: No sir I did as a private student as I was doing two jobs then.
SM: When you did MSc. Economics what was the reaction of your father? Was he happy and proud?
Me: Sir there were people around him who used to say that Economics is not a good subject. She is wasting her time and wouldn’t even get a good employment.
CH (stepped in): No no, after you had completed your degree, was he proud?
Me: Sir after my this new job, yes he is proud of me.
SM: As Economics is your very favorite subject, do you want to study any further of it?
Me: Yes sir I had also written that in my psychological, In Sha Allah, if I am unable to do CSS I will go abroad to do Phd in Economics, then come back to join Planning Division as an Economist.
SM: You are saying In Sha Allah you would not do CSS?
(I guess my use of In sha Allah was misplaced :P)
Me: Sir IF I couldnt do CSS then In Sha Allah.
SM: Why would you go abroad to study? Are there no good institutions in Pakistan?
Me: No sir unfortunately there are no good institutions for Economics in Pakistan. Economics is a very neglected subject in Pakistan.
SM: Ok now come to foreign relations. What were the founding countries of NAM?
Me: (Thinking for 2 seconds) Sir I only remember India.
SM: Who were the other countries?
Me: Sorry sir I don’t remember others.
SM: Ok What was NAM?
Me: Sir It was Non Aligned Movement, a group of countries who wanted to stay neutral between the bipolar world at that time. And Sir we should admit that that policy of India was very good. Had we also adopted the same policy we would not have been facing this dilemma of internal insurgencies and displeasement of super power at the same time.
SM: But we did not have other option. We were under security threat from India.
Me: Sir due to long rules of military dictators we were myopic. We could not see other bigger security threats than India.
SM: But at the time of NAM there was democratic Govt in Pakistan.
Me: Sir but we all know that policies have always been influenced by security establishment.
SM: Ok. As you are a resident of Punjab, you know that all other provinces are always annoyed from Punjab. What do you think is the reason for that and are they justified?
Me: Sir this is because Punjab is the biggest province and in NFC Award and Water distribution etc. Punjab gets a major share.
SM: (interrupted) What Punjab is big? No No Balochistan is the biggest province in Area.
Me: Sir population, Punjab is biggest in population. Sir if all provinces are annoyed with Punjab then there might be some solid reason for this. Centre should look seriously into the matter and allay their grievances so strengthen the Federation.
SM: You know about the significance of 18th amendment. It had solved many problems of the country. But it had also created many issues. What were those issues?
Me: (I only had crammed positive points of 18th amendment, so this question was like a bomb blast in my brain :p ) (After thinking for 2 seconds) Sir it abolished Intra Party democracy (a very stupid point :p ), (then it suddenly came to my mind ) Sir and this amendment paved the way for devolution, which resulted in NFC award and now IMF is saying that NFC award should be revisited and provinces should also pay some portion of debt.
SM: Do you agree to this? Should provinces pay?
Me: Yes sir when they are getting enough portion of revenue they should also bear the burden of debt.
(Then I suddenly remembered the issue of new provinces related to the name change of KPK, which resulted in demand for Hazara province) And Sir.. (SM interrupted)
SM: What is your opinion about making of new provinces?
Me: Sir if it, and I strongly believe that making of new provinces does guarantee the development of the people of these areas.
SM: But South Punjab doesn’t generate that much revenue. How would you bear the expenses of bureaucracy and other things?
Me: Sir recently India has made a new state Tilangana, they have kept the common capital for the old and newly carved state. When the new state will be able to generate enough revenue she will get her own new capital. We can also work upon the same formula.
SM: I am giving you One Trillion Rupees for South Punjab, where would you allocate funds?
Me: 1. Sir it is mostly agricultural area, I would focus upon establishment of related industries to create employment opportunities.
SM: But Government does not do Business.
Me: Sir Government does invest where no other investor is willing to. And even if Government does not invest, it can provide incentives to investors like Amnesty schemes, tax rebates etc. to encourage investment.
SM: Ok
Me: 2. Sir I would establish institutions.
SM: Which institutions?
Me: Sir Educational institutions, as there are only 2,3 good universities in entire South Punjab.
Me: 3. Sir I would spend remaining on building Infrastructure and providing Health facilities to the people for their development.
SM: Thank You.
I looked towards Chairman.
Ch: (Smilingly) Thank You.
Me: (Stood form my chair) Thank You Sir.
Ch: Thank You, have a Nice Day.
Me: Thank You Sir, Allah Hafiz.
(Typed in hurry so don't bother about spelling or grammar mistakes 
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