THE CURRENT TREND IN CSS QUESTION PAPERS IN GENERAL AND CSS ESSAY TOPICS IN PARTICULAR REVEALS THE PREDILETION TOWARD CURRENT ISSUES AND DEVELOPMENTS.

PREVIOUSLY, DIFFERENT TYPE OF ESSAYS WERE GIVEN AND NO LENGHT WAS EVER PRESCRIBED.HOWEVER, NOW NOT ONLY MOST OF THE ESSAYS ARE PERTAINING TO CURRENT AFFAIRS;ITS LENGHT HAS ALSO BEEN PRESCRIBED:THAT IS 4000-5000 WORDS.

QUESTIONS ARISES: WILL IT REALLY BE A CRITERION?
THE ANSWER IS MAY BE OR MAY BE NOT.BUT ONE THING DOES COUNT AND THAT IS THE OBSERVATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF ESSAY RULES.
IF U WRITE ESSAY OF EVEN 8000 WORDS ANF IF UR ESSAY STANDS DEVOID OF ESSAY RULES AND ESSENT STUCTURES , U R PRONE TO HAVE POOR MARKS IN THAT ESSAY.

SO MY SUGGETION TO ALL CSS CANDIDATES IS THAT BESIDES GOOD DEAL OF KNOWLEGE , COMMAND OVER ESSAY RULES IS SINE QUA NON.

u said right that the rules should not be thrown behind the wall and one more thing i would like to add up is that one should keep an emphasis on the precision and relevance of the essay structure.

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F U R Q A N

I agree with Spiderman. I hope the examiners of essay paper for 2007 shall be lenient as for as length is concerned, focusing mainly on the substance and rules of essay.

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Waheed Anwar Abro
Customs & Excise
37th CTP