So the fate has been decided.i was certain of the success of some persons like farah zafar,mustansar and safeer but they became victim of the blind checking system.i cant even digest my failure in essay but there is no other option.
Farah and mustansar kindly share where you flunked?

Your domicile and are these marks enough to secure interview and further on allocation in ang group.

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Most of the candidates are failed in either English Essay or English Precis. Last year, FPSC relentlessly, or to say more appropriately, "blindly" failed candidates in English Essay which caused a great hue and cry, avoiding that development, FPSC attempted to be a little clever, this time FPSC attacked English Precis side too, to bring the results in line with the supposedly predetermined reduced percentage of passing candidates, i.e. 2%. The aforementioned is my understanding of the situation and I saw senior members and a very senior bureaucrat suggesting the very same thing.

I wonder what result committedsoul got?

Essay 33
Composition 24
EDS 39
Current Affairs 52
Pakistan Affairs 61
Islamic studies 64

International relations Paper A 56
International relations Paper B 50
Public Administration 53
Indo Pak history 63
Psychology 52

Total 623

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you have MSC economics or accounting background?

Take any book for EDS, I prepared from World Times book but my previous knowledge was also handy. Also do past papers of last 6-10 years, many questions do repeat! If you have science background, you can easily score above 70.
In current affairs, read dawn to keep yourself abreast of recent issues and then make a list of about 5-6 hottest national issues and 5-6 international ones. Search them on internet and gather various points of view. I gathered a lot of material on CPEC and National Action Plan and luckily they came (I even drew the map of CPEC). Key is to have the measure of things happening in the world now. For instance, recent escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan is a hot issue and it can be asked from different perspectives - is nuclear arsenal really a deterrent? Kashmir issue, and what role international community can play in its resolution. ISIS and Syria and Middle East. Is Middle East really a Shia-Sunni conflict or are there deeper motives at play? Energy crisis, poverty, education and terrorism are ever hot issues for Pakistan (unfortunately). Sustainable Development Goals are also important, especially in the context of failure of Pakistan to achieve Millennium Development Goals. Regarding climate change, Paris Accord is important. Also anti-muslim sentiments and Islamophobia is at rise in Europe and USA, what can Muslims do mitigate that feeling?
To be honest Current Affairs was easy in 2016 and it may not be the case this time around. I was also able to complete this paper; my writing is very slow and I couldn't complete papers of Pak Affairs, Public Administration, Computer Science and Physics. So if you can write some material and write it good enough, you can definitely get above average marks and that goes for all the subjects.
Anyways give current affairs at least 1-2 weeks worth of your time and like I said earlier gather some notes and references too!

Where is Safeer khan,ursula and Mustansar hussain DMCs?

Sana Rasool, it was very saddening to see your DMC. Town planning has been butchered due to unknown reasons; the examiner must have set very unrealistic standards. For me, you have cracked the CSS. InshaAllah you are going to secure a good position in the 3rd attempt.

You have an extraordinary score in Criminology and Environmental science, please share your source and strategy for both the subjects.

My Bachleor Classmate DMC
Roll No: 13199
COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
English Essay 42
English (Precis and Composition) 22
General Knowledge 300 120
GK1 (General Science & Ability) 61
GK2 (Current Affairs) 53
GK3 (Pakistan Affairs) 45
Islamic Studies/ Comparative Study of Major Religions 64

Physics
**** Paper A 63
**** Paper B 29
92
Town Planning & Urban Management 63
History of USA 57
Gender Studies 61
Sociology 49
Total Marks 587