Salam to all members and CSS aspirants. Essay paper is consdered to be the most difficult to pass by almost all the candidates of competitive exams. I also used to consider it the most difficult task but after having passed CSS essay thrice i have concluded that it is not the Correct and impressive english which help in passing the essay paper but a little bit knowledge and a proper and clear method of writing your ideas is the most important requirement to pass the essay paper. Remember, very impressive style of writing and correct english without any grammatical misake can contribute to give you high marks in essay paper but can't give you a sureity that u can pass it.
I am going to write down the outlines which i prepared b4 i attempted for essay papers in 2005,2006,2007
in css 2005 i wrote an essay on Persecuted Poor Women
and i got 42 marks in it.

my outline was as follows

Introduction:.....note(first i prepare the outline and then i write introduction on the back page of answersheet.My introduction includes the summary of what i m going to write in my essay....for example the introduction of the following essay would be as follows1....

Womomen like men are an important entity of the society but unlike men they are not treated and respected in the way the deserve.. We see their persecution at the hands of their family members and also at different levels of the society.They are harshly treated, sexually molested,abused, given no status in society, no importance in family affairs and given no share in inheritence and decision making.Instances of such treatment are more common in underdeveloped world which is because of prevalence of different social ills like feudalism,poverty ,illitracy and anti-women social attitude. Impact of such things is materialized in seeing such countries havin an international tarnished image with unprecedented level of underdevelopment. This sorry state of affairs requires prompt efforts to address this problem so that women can enjoy the equal social status which men are enjoying. )

Causes of persecution of women

1-Feudal setup:
2-Tribal culture:
3-Parallel judicial system:
4-Poverty:
5-Illitracy:
6-Patriarchal society:
7-Economic dependence of women on other family members
8-Weak law and order appartus
9-Non adherence to islamic values and traditions
10-Prevalence of laws and rules which are against women
11-Less focus on female education

Impact
1-Underdevelopment of a country
2-Tarnished international image3
3-Negative impact on future generation

How to address the problem(inverse all causes to make them solutions)like....

1-land reforms to end feudalism
2-Poverty alleviation
3-education
4-end to parallel judicial system
5-women economic empowerment
6-strong adherence to islamic traditions
7-repealing the laws which are against women
8-focused female education

conclusion...

By adopting above mentioned measures we can reduce the persecution of women and can give them a social status which is equalent to that of men. But for this purpose the efforts should be concerted and result oriented and should be at all levels which is not an impossible thing. Elevated social status of women will give good name to such countries and would also result in their economic development and prosperity because of the contribution of women
in economic life where they would feel themselves protrcted,respected and well treated.....

outline of other essays would be writtn shortly...

Salam..I was not expecting such encouraging responce for my such little effort to help the CSS aspirants.Anyhow it makes me elated. Today i am going to write how i dealt with the essays of year 2006.That time i opted for Foreigh Direct Investment in Pakistan. Here i again followed my previous method of first writing the outline of the essay and then writing the introduction containing the summary of what i am going to write in my essay on the last page of answer sheet and then refining the introduction and pasting it on the front page from where i was to start the essay. That time i got 40 marks in it.....Outline along with the structure of my essay was as follows:
(I have not studied economy throughout my educational career. My knowledge in based only on what i read from newspapers. If there is any mistake that is not to misguide anyone... just to guide others i have reproduced it here in this forum....My essay would reflect what what minimum actually FPSC demands in an essay)......

Introduction(I wrote at the end after preparing the outline)

Foreign Direct Investment in a country is an important factor in enhancing its economic growth.It reflects the economic potential and grading of that country in the eyes of international community in economic terms. Pakistan owing to its geographic location and economic performance during the last few years is being considered as a potential destinition within world communities for foreigh direct investment. As a result it has attracted FDI in defferent sectors like telecom which has not only proved fruitful for the investors but also for the consumers because of the creation of competition within the different telecom companies. But still Pakistan is not utilising its potential up to its maximum level as there are a number of factors which are discouraging the investors to come and invest here. For full utilisation of its potential at the hands of foreigh investors and for making more econoic gains such hicups should be addressed on priority bases. It will result not only in ehancing the economic development and prosperity of our beloved country but also help to improve our inernational image in economic considerations.

What potential Pakistan is having for foreign investors.
1-Emerging economy
....high GDP growth rate 8.4%(04-05),6.4%(03-04) ... Average GDP growth rate of last few years shows a stability in economy....high per capita income 736$-847$( rith now i dont remember the exact figure there may be a mistake regarding it) ...shows a huge demand for products as high purchasing power is prevalent here

2-Excellent geographic location
...situated at crossroards of S.A, C.A,M.E....products can be traded in other countries....huge demand there ..... market opportunities can be exploited here ...Gawadar port..

3- Safta.....opening up of economies....

Things not favouring FDI in pakistan(factors discouraging FDI)

1-Political instability(foreign investor take 3 to 4 years to make plan for investment and in Pakistan...uncertanity about political stability.. )
2-Power shortage
3-Water shortahe
4-Unskilled labour
5-Taxation laws......(Federal,provincial and local laws of taxation discourage Foreign investor)
6-Delayed Justice (F.I has to wait for years in cas of any dispute regarding his stakes)
7-Number of holidays (Strikes, unjustified holidays)
8-Terrorism,volatile law and order condition
9-Smuggling..(F.I buy highly taxed items while their local counterparts buy them from smugglers)
10-Deteriorated infrastrcture
11-coruption in govt. offices...where F.I interact
12-cost of business(high estate prices, high electricity rate)
13-Estranged relations with India(unsuccessful SAFTA).....Kashmir (Flash point)
14-Instability and spill over effect of Afghanistan problem (volatile FATA....(whole country is affected and under the threat of terrorism))


Impact of discouraging factors
1-Enhancing underdevelopment
2-Inflation(high purchasing capacity,shortage of demanded goods and thus inflation)...high imports
3-unemploymet leads to poverty..to...terrorism
4-Natural resources would remain unexplioted...(Gold,Coal, Copper and Other precious metals, energy resources....)



how to Attract more FDI in Pakistan(inverse the causes to make the solutions)

1-Political stability(democracy)
2-End to terrorim
3-Dams for power and water shortage.....
4-technical education to produce skilled manpower
5-reduction in taxation laws.....facilitated taxation procedure....
6-Speedy justice.....judicial reforms...
etc..etc...etc..etc

Conclusion

Foreign investment enhances the economic activity which leads to the economic growth of a country and Pakistan has a huge potential to get a lot of benefits out of it. There are a number of sectors like agriculture, dairy products, mining including the exploitation of natural resources and energy resources where the sought investment may result in huge amount of economic gains and alleviation of a number of social ills. But the need of the hour is to address above mentioned issues and hurdles so that our country could be eyed as a potential destition 4 investment and for this purpose a result oriented approach with highly dedicated efforts in an abrupt way is required.
(17pages without writing otline)

Some evergreen essays.

1-Education(higher,engineering,general,y so important,y so deteriorated situation,y so bad examination system,impact,remedies,)

2-Poverty alleviation(causes of poverty..how it affects the society...steps taken to alleviate it....y not so success...needed strategies)

3-Gender Discrimination/Persecuted poor women/women rights situation in pakistan...(How women are persecuted, levels where their rights are volated, causes, impact on society ,on economy,on country's outlook, remedies)
4-Nuclearization bad or gud(why countries want to beome nuclear,benefit of bein neuclear, stigmas attached of being nuclear..or its bad impacts,..suggestion to avoid destructive nuclearization and use it for peaceful and beneficial purposes )
5-Economic development(based on Foreign investment,good image of the country,utilization of raw mterial in productive way with progressive and talented human resourse...hurdles in economic development,,,remedies)

6-Islam and west(different faces of friction (Fundamentalism,Extremism,war on terror),...causes of friction,..how it is affecting the world at large...remedies..
7-Enrgy and water crisis.

Watch NEWS NIGHT at PTV everyday especially alomst 3 months before the commencement of exams. Discussions at NEWS NIGHT gives a bright ,positive and progressive image of everything unlike the discussions on other private channels. It makes your mind positive and clear you about the current situations. As a result you become critical along wih solutions in your mind regarding different contemporary problems with special reference to Pakistan.

For Example

In 2004... the topic of essay on Pluralistic vision of Islam was taken from the address of President Pervaiz Musharaf which was telecasted 3 or 4 days before the commenement of CSS exams.

In 2005... Women issues had been the main topic of discussion in NEWS NIGHT. As a result we saw an essay "Persecuted poor women" in the paper

In 2006.. Foreign investment was the main topic of discussion on NEWS NIGHT. Our ex-Primeminister was dicussed while he was on his tour to different countries to project Pakistan as a good destinition for foreign investment.This thing was discussed very frequently and President Pervaiz Mushraf had also been seen addressing at different ountries to ask them to invest in Pakistan...and we know one of the essay in 2006 was on "Foreign Direct Investment in Pakistaan"

1n 2007.. The most frequently discussed topic was the situation of women in Pakistan.Long discussion were arranged on WOMEN PROTECTION BILL 2006 in order to give an impression that government is doing more than enough to protect women rights situation..and we saw in css 2007 there was an essay on "Women rights situation in Pakistan"...

....... All such observations are based on my personal experience and i have shared them in order to clear the CSS aspirants about their preparation.... Best of luck to all.