Originally Posted by rabiaumar

when FPsc will notify this??

Originally Posted by Outsider

This is so out of touch with reality, which is that most of the courses International Relations, Economics, Political Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology etc are taught and thus understood in English language across most universities in Pakistan. Quality course material is available in English. I am all for being and sounding patriotic but the ground reality is very little work has been done in making Urdu the medium in which the modern subjects are taught and understood. Which private sector university teaches International Relations in Urdu?
First step should have been translating (officially, not by private publishers) the course materials into Urdu and then introducing them into universities and later, the competitive examinations.
Anyways, i think if this does materialize, the FPSC will leave the choice to the candidates. And we all know what happens when the results are out and most of the passing candidates have attempted in one language. Scandals.

Originally Posted by Cricketer

if the next exam will be taken in urdu, then why should one waste his 2017 attempt by attempting in english

Originally Posted by SheikhAftab

The judgement of High Court is being taken out of context in the news. The court ruled that the exams should be conducted in Urdu language in line with the decision given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the case of Muhammad Kowkab Iqbal v Government of Pakistan (Commonly known as Implementation of Article 251 which refers to the implementation of Urdu as official language). This was a historical judgement delivered by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja. Let me reproduce the relevant part of the judgement for the purpose of competitive examination. The Learned Judge ordered:
"vi- In the competitive examinations at Federal level the recommendations of government bodies noted above, should be considered by the Government for implementation without unnecessary delay"
The recommendations of National Language Promotion Department were as follows(these recommendations are also being reproduced from the said judgement):
i) There must be a compulsory paper of practical Urdu in CSS which would be of 50 marks.
ii) There must be an elective paper of Urdu which shall be of 200 marks.
iii) Urdu must be used for CSS and all papers should be in Urdu and English.

Consequently, there will be a compulsory paper of Urdu, candidates will be able to answer the questions in either Urdu or in English except for the Paper of English (Obviously!)