dear ramzan, in the army attachment, we r neither supposed to fight with army, nor to do office job.... we r supposed to "observe" the life of armymen in the unit(in army uniform of capt rank) sometimes, they insist to take us to PT in the early morning, which we generally refuse..... we live in BOQs(bachelor officers quarters), take food in their mess, remain in the unit for the whole day & observe their working.......... meet lt.colonels, brig., maj. Gen and even the lt. Gen. Interestingly, all of them not only call us " future of pakistan" but also try to keep us as comfortable as they can. official dinners are also arranged 4 us. it is a wonderful experience of life...... many misconceptions become clear.
in my next post, i ll further explain the real purpose of all the field visits including army attachment during CTP.
regard & praying 4 u ppl 2 join CSA

@ihs
Thankyou so much for answering my querries and allying my fears. I was told that the army officers treat you very harshly and there is an air of ill-will between the army and civil bureaucracy which is experienced during the army attachment. Thankyou, sir, for your reply as it has removed my suspicions. Do share your experience about your STP as well. Thanking you again. You have been very kind.

our field visits are over now. we visited DHA, CDA, Bahria town, 1122, 1121, Edhi, Packages, Govt and Private Hospitals, schools, colleges, Universities, Govt. Offices of higher officers, police stations, HRCP, Aurat foundation, Kot Lakhpat Jail, BISE Lahore, etc., etc...............
the purpose of these field visits, country tours, army attachment is basically three fold:
1. to ascetain the officers about the prevailing conditions, cultures and norms prevailing in our society.
2. To show all shades of life to the officers......... we moved with VVIP protocol in our country tours with Police escort etc.( met Governors, C.Ms, ACS, IGPs , DCOs, DPOs etc),........ we moved with normal protocol to different govt & private institutions ( where head of the institution was informed about our arrival)........... we moved without any protocol, even did not disclose our IDENTITY & went into common masses to know about their problems. It is our comon psyche that we r always complaing about working of offices, but during training, when you sit on the other side of the table, you come to know about the constraints faced by officers & many other things reveal upon u.
3. To enable an officer to make his own opinion after viewing different aspects of an issue. Opinion of an officer should not be basd only on newspapers articles, columns, talk shows, books etc., no, he/she should oneself go & observe., e.g., many misconceptions about ARMY are cleared during ARMY ATTACHMENT and so on....
So, the ppl who are gonna join CSA r advised to take full advantage of these tours 4 broadening their vision
praying 4 ur success
ihs

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@ihs
thank u so much for sharing this info. i understand 35th common's ctp will be over by 27 th october. can u kindly tell that after how many days will officers from dmg and psp go to their respective academies for stp. will u be getting some days off before the stp ?
plz also share your stp experience.
Thank you and God bless.

a couple of days back, first ever PHOTO EXIBITION & REUNION OF ALL COMMONERS was held at CSA. it was a mega event and feather in the cap of 35th comon. hi- tea was served with music. old bureaucrats met one another after long time & shared their memories........... funny fotos of those who r "top guns" now a days (during their respective ctp), made the event memorable. We have started a good tradition...... alumni of comoners..... now it is up 2 u 2 strenghten it.........
@ ramzan
yar stp of dmg n psp is gonna start from 3rd nov

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Dear ihs
first of all congrats to be a csp(i think its not too late).can i exchange some views with u on your personal e-mail if possible.

24th oct., 2008
certificates distribution ceremony was held, followed by buffet dinner & BOLAN NIGHT……. Our parents attended the ceremony and felt proud of us………
in bolan night, special balochi dish……. Sajji……… was presented alongwith other delicious foods……… the hallmark of the event was typical balochi dance…….. chaap……… many singers performed in it including nephew of nusrat fateh ali khan….

25th oct., 2008
governor NWFP, awais ghani, delivered a speech and distributed awards…… Muhammad Ali Khan of i.tax was declared best probationer of 35th ctp….. he really deserved……. This was followed by hi-tea and photograph. Every one got clearance from the academy, relinquished the charge ( except DMGans, coz they don’t relinquish the charge) and moved out. This mark was the end of 35th common training programme.

35th ctp khatam ho gye……. 7th jan-25th oct., 2008………… one of the most memorable and once in a lifetime experience 4 me……….. we r sharing sms of anamnesis now a days………..wonderful friendships, excellent working relationships, colourful events, diverse academics, and so on……… I shall never forget my stay at CSA.
my stp will start on 3rd nov 2008.
I tried 2 ascertain u ppl about the activities of our ctp & hope u enjoyed that too….. I missed 2 mention “ all Pakistan mushaira” which was another very colourful event of our ctp……………
PRAYING 4 U 2 JOIN CSA
IHS

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@ihs
dear 1st of all thanx for all that information abt ctp,, u have cleared almost all of our (specially mine) doubts abt ctp and csa,, apart from this, the valuable information u have shared, will help us in may ways, Well i would like to say that we all will enjoy there in csa, from ur posts it seems that colors of CSA r wonderful

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Your post is quite helpful. can u please share information regarding the ctp or stp of FSP , others probs. who are in the ctp e.t.c.
thanks