Islamabad phase two interviews begin today.Good luck and best wishes to all.

My interview held on 17th April 2013

I was number 10th on the day.
Starting time 01:53 pm
Concluding time 02:25 pm (32 minutes)

Chairman
--Asked detail about my district.
--Detail about my caste (Butt).
--Detail regarding other castes of my district.
--Few questions about my family and family's migration from Indian held Kashmir to Azad Kashmir.
--Difference between Local Government Ordinance of 1979 and 2001.

Mr. Ghalib ud Din

--What is Pakistan's biggest threat in near future.
--Aftermaths of American withdrawal from Afghanistan.
--Sectarian Issue.Suggestions to deal with this issue.
--Corruption and ways to deal with this growing epidemic.
--Energy crisis and suggestions to deal with this menace.
--Reforms in FBR. How?

Madam Batool

--History of Kashmir in detail.
--Number of resolution on this issue.
--Difference between Cease fire line and LOC.
--Opinion regarding solution of Kashmir Issue.
--Is their any out of box solution to this issue?
--Chenab formula.
--Musharraf's four point agenda on Kashmir dispute.
--Is any of these two formulae viable?
--Is independent Kashmir also an option?

Naguib Ullah Malik

--You have a brilliant curricular, co curricular and extra curricular record and you belong to an affluent family then do you think that your current job matches your social status? (I am currently working as tehsildar in AJK).
--Duties and responsibilities of Tehsildar.
--Reasons to join civil services.(Some detailed discussion)
--Why DMG?
--If you are given an option to decide the Kashmir's fate, what would be your choice?

Mansoor Sohail

--In last 60 odd years which leader, after Quaid e Azam, do you reckon to be the best?
--Two good reasons for your likings.
and thats it................

It was quite a general interview. I, By the grace of Allah Almighty, managed to respond to all of their questions. Every panel member seemed to be quite satisfied and ghalib saab and madam batool even appreciatedmy views.......

May Allah Almighty be with me........Ameen

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looking easy and nice interview.......best of luck. local ordinance q repreats many times, and kashmir issue plus water, canals etc.

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best of luck
please tell ur favourite books name
and if possible ans of other questions as well
regards

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My favourite books were:
1-Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by DARON ACEMOGLU AND JAMES ROBINSON

2-Future of Pakistan by Stephen P. Cohens

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"People take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities".

Today 24-04-2013 was my interview, i was the last candidate today
Interview lasted for only 15-17 mins.
As i entered the room Chairman sb greeted me and asked me to sit down

Chairmain
1. Mr. Zeeshan u left merchant navy and did MBA and then u joined a bank and after that you left that as well, and in this way u will leave Civil services as well.

2. What was problem with merchant navy?

3. What were the issues in dubai?


Najeebullah Malik

1. Why has Musharraf came back to Pakistan?

(debated)

3. Do u think he should be trialed?and why?

4. Then as per your answer, Zia, Ayub, yahya should also be trialed?

5. How do you see the post election scenario? Would the problems in Pakistan be solved ?


Mansoor Sohail

1. Would there be war b/w Iran and US?
2. Why are they daggers dawn at each other?
3. How the tension can be lowered b/w them?
4. But Iran has been abusing US in UNO?
5. IPI gase pipline issue?
6. woudl it not annoy US?
7. Can US leave Pakistan as its ally?


Ghalib ud din sb

1. why is Pakistan' Stature so down all around the world?
2. who is responsible for that?
3. Ayub did well, y are you blaming him?
4. Musharraf?
5. Pakistan has been mistrusted by allies, donors that it has misused their aid?

Madam Batool

1. What is EEZ?
2. what are the undersea resources Pakistan is having?
3. What are the sea food exports of Pakistan?
4. Where are we exporting them?
( the only question that i did not answer in the whole interview)


it wall all, overall it was good. i tried to ans all of the questions, but i stopped in between as sometimes i could not find a suitable word (weak voacubalry :-( )

Lets hope best for the result. gudluck all

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Salam ,
Today was the last day of Islamabad Phase II and I was last candidate to be interviewed by worthy panel.Interview was based upon opinions and it lasted for 40 minutes approximately. I entered at 3:30 and came out at 4:10.Prior to me 9 candidates had been interviewed.
I entered the room and Chairman Sb greeted me smilingly and asked me to sit:
Chairman Sb:-

1.You are serving in Dewan Petroleum now ?
Me; No sir,i am serving in XXXXXXX which is a strategic organisation.
2.Where are you posted then ?
Me: Sir I am posted in Islamabad.
2.So far as I know officers of XXXXXX are scattered all around Pakistan,so why this preferential treatment with you ?
Me;.Sir,my work nature demands me to remain in Islamabad.
4.So you are not working on classified projects ?
me; Yes Sir,I am not.
5.Chairman Sb smilingly ,thanks God we are save then,
6.What shall be your road map if you are asked to privatize railway ?
me:- Sir I am supporter of restructuring and I think restructuring and over hauling is far more effective than privatizing.
7.Ok how shall you proceed then.
me:- Sir my first concern shall be to purge railways from all political appointees and remove people in over staffed departments.
8.Oh No,people shall come on road.What shall be your reaction if people are fired from your organisation.
me;My organisation is generating profit while railways is in loss,so we'll have to take some painful decision for recovery.
9-Ok and whats more ?
me; Sir I shall make sure that existing resources are maintained, engines are run on steam instead of furnace oil.
10-world has left behind steam and we are stuck to it ???
me:-But sir our import bill is $ 14 billion and we shall have to switch to less expensive fuels to run it.
11-Will you prefer goods or passengers?
me;sir I shall prefer passengers.(that was a mistake)
12;Goods bring more money and passengers are not that able to generate revenue .
me;right sir.

Ghalib Sb
13.Any idea about NLC profiteering ?
me;no sir
14;Your organisation is making profit.Where does it go ?
Me;Sir it goes to State.
15;No it does'nt.It goes to their private account.FWO had built roads in Iraq and not even a single penny has been given to State.All that is earned goes to their private account.Isn't it unfair ?Me;Sir its truly unfair.All that is earned in the name of state should go to State treasury.
16;How much profit your organisation makes ?
Me;It is classified Sir.I do not have access to it.
There was a burst of laughter and Chairman,laughing now, praised me that it was excellent answer.
17;What does SUPARCO do ?
Me.It is concerned with research in upper space and atmosphere,deals with weather reports and give estimation of crops production every year.

Madam Batool

18.How can we improve governance issue ?
Me;SECP had laid out comprehensive governance rules like meeting international transparency standard,periodic performance evaluation,competent board of governance and and end to political influence.
19.Do you think that civil service is working to its best ?
Me;No madam,this is not so.They shall have to be given security.Judges,Police and Administration officers cannot bring culprits to justice as they fear life threats.Salraies are meager and corruption and nepotism has weakened our structure.We shall have to strengthen writ of State as unlawful elements have become more powerful than State.
20.But salaries have been increased so much ?
Me;Yes they been but rising inflation and high prices of commodities has practically nullified this rise.Unless prices are stable,rise in salaries shall not bear fruit.
21.And how can we establish the writ of State ?
It can be done by State itself.No external agent can do so.We shall have to make State stronger than its subjects.
22.Tell me how to improve economy ?
By effecting structural changes.Every new regime has to approach IMF for bail out.IMF should be a momentary solution not permanent but we have rather placed it as our permanent key of our solutions.Tax net had to be expanded and new export markets shall have to explored and penetrated.
23.IS this govt.approaching IMF ?
Yes madam,talks for 5 Bn dollar loan are underway
24.And we shall have to find out a last solution for energy crisis.
Me;of course madam.

Naguib Ullah Malik Sb
25.Lets talk about your book History of God by Karen Armstrong
And then began a long and interesting discussion about various chapters of books and concept of God in pagans, Christianity,Judaism .He also asked about Russel and Einstein’s concept of God,about Karen Armstrong beliefs.The questions he asked were about 10.Since I had read the book twice,therefore I faced no problem in answering his penetrating though interesting questions.Atheism,agnosticism,spirituality,Rome,Gr eek,Hinduism,my own concept of God were discussed in detail.He had read this book and was kind enough to add to my knowledge.While discussing attributes of God,His immanence, transcendence ,he told me that Sura Al Rehman is all about Divine attributes.
He seemed quite satisfied and he told me that rarely does he discuss books of candidates and specially the book like this.He added that it was a difficult book and he was happy to discuss it with me.
I was elated as Naguib sahib appears to have a mastery over theology and religion and I,my self thoroughly enjoyed discourse with him.
Mansoor Suhail Sb
26.With a big smile;Gentleman,you have discussed a lot about heavenly things.Should not we discuss some mundane affairs ?
Me.Of course sir.
27.What is your idea about Mian Nawaz two governments? What was difference between two ?
Me.Mian Sbs first govt was raised to counter PPP and mian sb could not work freely in the beginning but in second government,he found himself confident and independent.
28.Why did he find himself so ?
Me.Due to experience,he knew that he cannot enjoy constitutional authority and power unless he maight surmount the invisible barriers raised by establishment.
29.Was this confident result of heavy mandate ?
Me;Yes sir,he won mandate from whole of Pakistan.
30.You have referred to establishment,what is it ?
Me.(That was a tricky question and I regained my breath and mustered my courage and recollected my thoughts as it was quite a controversial topic)
After a brief pause, I answered that establishment is a powerful group of people having representation in judiciary,media,and military.Their designs run opposite to the designs of rest of country and there interest is best served by coup d’etat instead of democracy.And establishment has placed hurdles in the path of democracy in the past.
31.Tell me about role of judiciary in present era ?
Me;Ever since the beginning of our political process,power was firmly wielded by a establishment.However,after the rise of vociferous media and civil society,powers that be had to relinquish their power.It resulted in the competition between judiciary,legislature and media to have their share in that power.Now media and judiciary have till now seized this power.But this newly won freedom of judiciary demands experience.Experience shall come through a long democratic process.Only through experience judiciary shall learn which things are to be highlighted and which not.Let the democratic process continue.We are passing through a transition period and once the dust is settled,a unstoppable democratic process shall teach each institution to exercise power in larger interest of State.
We need check and balance everywhere.Should such things exist in judiciary as well ?
Me.Sir we cannot impose any external check and balance on judiciary.We shall have to let democracy flourish and then judiciary shall evole its own check and balance which be self imposed by her on herself.Any effort to place external checks will compromise judiciary’s freedom and leave it stagnated and decayed.
While Chairman was now saying me Good Bye and wishing me a good day,Naguib ullah sb entered in discussion and asked as to from where I read the definition of establishment .I answered that I read in a newspaper.Malik sb told me that this definition is Pakistan centric and it was published in The News and Nation many years ago.He told me that definition holds good from 1985 to 2007.But now establishment comprises of media and judiciary while previously it comprised of army,political parties apart from previous two.He informed that establishment is a group of elite ,an oligarchy to control the course of country’s advancement .He further asked me to read Anjum Niaz column published in The News as well.
I thanked him again.
Chairman smilingly bade me good bye and wished me a good day and I came out perspiring profusely.
This is how it all went.Prayers required.
Best Regards

My interview
I am a graduate from king Edward medical university , my interview was on 29th march in Lahore phase 1 and I was the 10th person to enter …
I entered the room & greeted panel members chairman sb asked me to take my seat….
Chairman sb:
Intro.
Q. have u done ur housejob?
Ans. Yes sire I have completed my housejob…
Q. what are you doing now?
Ans. Sir m working with a private medical college and I teach phsiology there
Q. why you want to join civil sevices?
Ans. Because my father was in police department he used to have duties with dco dpos so he used to tell me about css when I was a child so it became my dream…and it was my fathers wish now he is dead so I want to fulfil his wish
Q. why after MBBs?
Ans. Sir you know thre are a lot of uncertainities in css exam even essay paper can be very deadly… so I decided I must secure my future first… if I had gone straight to css after bsc or msc and I had failed whre I would have been then? Of course an unemployed person then… now I mj working with an organization and earning somethig
Q. what are your optional subjects ?
Ans. Geography, british history , IR, sociology
ok gentleman we start with Geography…
Q. where is srait of Malacca?
Ans. Sir it’s a very strategic strait controlled by Malaysia
Q.How it is formed?
Ans. Sir strait is a norrow water passage b?w two islands
Q. so which islands form strait of Malacca?
Ans, sir one is malaysia and other I don’t know…
Chairman sb other is Indonesia… I said ok sir
Q.what are Asia pacific countries?
Ans. I told him
Chairman sb said ,” so gentleman you have fair knowledge about geo so you opted it:”
Now tell me about british History
Q. how much Britishers ruled uganda?
Ans. Sir britishers have been ruling africa from Egypt to cape colony but how much they ruled uganda… m sorry
Q. when East india company came to india?
Ans. Sir EI company was founded in 1600 and they formed colonies in southern india… and they came to India in the Reign of Jahangir.. and Jahangir ruled from 1605-1628…. So they came to India from 1605-1628
Chairman sb can you tell the Exact year
I said sorry sire
Q. when britishers conquered Punjab?
Ans. Sir they conquered from sikhs… and it was somewher in 1840s
Chairman sb exact year?
Ans. Sorry sir
Then he Forwarded me to Mansoor sohail sb
Gentleman you opted british History , tell me when it starts?
Sir my syllabus starts from 1688-1689 to this date… however I m familiar with it.. you can ask it..
Q. do you know about magna carta?
Yes sir it was first Human Right declaration… it wa signed in 1215 by king john
Q. what was it?
Ans. Sir it was a first declartion of human rights.. actually King John had lost battle in france and had to cede Normandy to france.. this gave blow to the prestige of king abroad and this led barrons and dukes to force king to sign this agreement that made king under some law… this made king subservient to some law…
Q. which king in England proclaimed himself as King of France?
Sir it was Edward III who proclaimed him to be the King of France and led 100 year war against France
Q. why he proclaimed ?
Ans> sir he was son of edward 2 who had married to french princess isabella and he claimed this throne on behalf of her mother
Q.what is 100yrs war?
Ans. It was 116 year war… it started from 1337 and ende in 1453 b/W England & france
Q.what type of relations england has with EU?
Ans. Sir they are strined relations from beginning the joined EU in 1970s and now they have signaled parting of their ways… this led German President made reques that England shold remain in union recently
Q.what is the future of Eu?
Ans. Sir it looks to be very skeptical … becoz italy, grece and Hungary have tense relations with EU. In itlay rise of Five star movement has further estrged her relations… Grillo head of five star movement has signalled that they can come out of union if their economic crisis doesn’t settle
Q.when England is going to hold referendum?
Ans. Sorry sir I don’t know
Q.in which country people have voted against the policies of Eu in Referendum?
Ans. Sir three countries currently have tense Relations with EU they are Itlay. Grece and Hungary… bt m not sur abt that country..
Sir told it is Greece and I said fine sir
Q.what is Cyprus crisis?
Ans. Sir it’s a credit crisis … eu & IMF have agreed on bailout packlage bt they have asked Cyprus to put certain sanctions on the money in Cyproit banks… and Russia fears to suffer huge losses in this regards because Russian have $20 billion in cyproit banks
Q. how many members in the house of Lords?
Ans. Sir 750
Q. when cold war satrted? (as another otional of me was IR)
Ans. Sir it started after ww2 after fall of German empire and rise of USSR in 1945 bt few thinker say it had sarted in 1917 after Bolshevik Rvolution took place in Russia and US troops landed in Vladivistok eastern Siberia.
Then he handed me over to Madam
Now madam Batool
Gentleman you are a doctor….
Q. tell me how many Drs are being produced in Pakistan every year?
Ans. About 5000/year
Madam: are you sure ?
I said yes madam
Q. why Drs are leaving this country?
Ans. Madam because Foreign countries offer better living satndards to doctors so they are leaving
Q. what is their Favouite destinaion?
Ans… ma’am USA is the most wanted destination
Q. what s the procedure to get into USA? Is it an easy option?
Ans. Mam ofcourse its not an easy destinatin its costly as well. You need to clear very tough USMLE exam and then you face visa issues as well
Q.what about England.
Ans. Maam in order to go to England they need to pass a tough licensing exam… ma’am hrself told PLabs
I said yes man… and visa issues are there as well
Q.now Gulf countries are also a favourite destination why?
Ans. Maam they offer good packages + they recognize our fpsc degree
Q. are you doing Fpsc?
Ans. No ma’am I have not planned fpsc yet
Q. y?
Ans. Maam I ve recently complted my housejob so I could not plan it
Q. gentleman you know Mr. Qadri a canadian national who came to Pakistan held protest what was his agenda?
Ans.ma’am I think he himself was not clear his agenda because he said he is going to announce 7 point agenda and he declared only 4 points… so I think he himself was unclear about his agenda so how can other be ? ( ma’am laughed )
Ma’am said ,” he also said to dissolve ECP”
Ans. Yes ma’am we believe democracy is the only way for our country and I don’t understandhow will we hold free n transparent elections which is essential for democracy without ECP
Q. so you are from Multan, ther was a lady in your area who was assaulted do you know her ?
I said yes ma’am she was sexually assaulted after a punchayet decision but I have forgot her name becoz it is a very old incident….
Ma’am told me her name Mukhtaran mai
Q. what is she doing now?
I told her that she is working with an Ngo for education in that area… and she owns candian nationality…
Q. does she really owns candian natioanality? I don’t know that’s y I maskin it
Yes maam , I think candian government conferred nationality to her
Q.what people feel about her?
Ans. Maam of course people feel sympathy for her becoz she was victim of injustice
And maam ended her viva
Ghalib sb
Q. do people have sympathy for her or for their system?
Ans. Sir people feel sympathy for her because she was vitim of that system
Q. was that Punchayat not constituted in accordance with their customs?
Ans. Sir that was in accordance with local system but it was a punchayat of strong people that deprived that poor lady of justice
Q. which part of city you live? I told him that I live in city area … then he remarked this is why you feel sympathy for her.
Ans. Sir I live in mgarh city
So that’s why you feel sympathy for her
Q.what are the major problems of your area?
Ans. Sir illiteracy, poverty , unemployment etc
Q. what is the major practice of your area that led you to think that it is too much?
Ans. Sir people are very superstitious and they usually expect things from those who cant do anything for them eg dead people
Q. now we discuss Economics little bit… tell me what is the target for revenue collection this year… I told him actual n then revised target
Ans. Sir initially it was set to be Rs. Approx. 2380billion then it was revised to Rs.2190 billion
Q.what is the most important indicator for economic activity?
Ans. Sir it is GDP growth rate
Q. how to trigger Economic growth?
I told him a) improve law and order b) corruption c) energy crisis
He said don’t you think energy crisis should be on the top ( I said you are right and it was slip of my mind that it came to no. 3 as 4-5% gdp losses are due to energy crisis…. If we end energy crisis it will lead our growth rate to 8-9%
Then he smiled and forwarded me to neguib sb
Neguib Sb
Gentleman you are a surgeon (chairman sb intervened and said No he is a doctor and He is from King Edward… this really pleased me)
Ok ok … gentleman you are a doctor and your first preference is PSP, don’t you think its an odd combination?
Ans. Sire my father was in police & I idealize him so I want to join PSP
Neguib sb this is not sufficient
Me: sir in fact my education had been funded by police dept.
He laughed & said so you want to return yhe favour
I said yes sir
Q. what is the biggest problems faced by Police nowadays?
Ans. Sir law & order situation
No gentleman I mean internal problems
Ans. Sir ofcorse corruption is the biggest stigma on the face of police now
Q.What type of books you read in your leisure time?
Ans. Sir I read history books…
Q. your favourite books?
Ans. Sir history of arabs by phillip k. hitti n battle for god by karren armstrong
Q. why history of arabs?
Ans. Sir I wanted to know that our religion was at the heights of glory then it fell down I just wanted to explore the causes.
Neguib sb; religion is still on the top these are we who have fallen
I said you are right sir
Q. why battle for God?
Ans. Sir I wnted to knoew the causes of militancy & extremism in islam and other religions
Neguib sb; yes right I would like to say that extremism is a phenomenon that started in other religions first… first terrorist attack of terrorism was conducted by a jew…
Q. who is Karren Armstrong?
Ans. Sir she is a Christian lady and nun by profession
Neguib sb ; nunnery is not a profession that has something to do with her monotheistic believe.. it is something like clergies in our society
Q. who is the Favourite of karren Armstron?
Ans. She writes about religions
Neguib sb: yes and God is her favourite. She had written several books on Religions n God like History of God, battle for God I said she has also written history of Jerusalem as well … then neguib sb said recently she has recently written a short booklet naming Letter to Pakistanis that asked People of Pakistan to be away from terrorism… and he expressed his approval for karren Armstrong I said you are right sir
Q. ok what are the causes of Militancy in Islam?
Ans. Sir islam was at the heights of glory in 11-12th century then several events like fall of Baghdad, crusades, fall of grnada & then ottoman defeats led to psychological traumas to muslim ummah these psychological traumas were exploited by ultra orthodox clergies and led islam to terrorism & extremism
Q.do you think Psychological traumas exist?
Ans. I said yes sir they do exist
Q. what is your second Preference?
Ans.DMG
Ok what is the difference in responsibilities of DMG & PSP?
Ans. Sir psp is mainly concerned security issues
Neguib sb:
Not only security issues but countering terrorism ( I was now so tired I did not want to have debate ) I said ok sir
And DMG is mainly concerned with administratin & management
Neguib sb: and what about planning?
I said DMG is also concerned with planning
Q. What are reasons of terrorism in pakistan?
Ans. Sir frustration due to the fact here people are unemployed, poverty becoz rosseau has said it is impossible to think nobly when one is empty stomach & illiteracy as well
Q.what is the Role of Police in Countering terrorism?
Ans.sir police can kill terrorists
Neguib sb: police cant kill them and (neguib sb plunged in)
I said ofcourse sir police should put them behind the bars but in this case what police can maximally do it can kill terrorists bt it cant kill terrorism… in order to kill terrorism we need to bring structural changes in the socioeconomic fabric
Q. what is Radicalization?
Ans: sir when people feel their goals cant be achieved through conventional & peaceful means and neguib sb quickly completed himself and they adopt violent means to get them … & I said yes sir and this is radicalizationThen THEY said , “thank you gentleman & have a nice day” I thanked them all and came out… it was very long interview and I was damn tired when I came out and even I could not see the duration…..
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thanx waqas bhai m really tense nowadays & impatiently waiting for result... May Almighty Shower His blessing on we All!

So far the longest Interview of CE-2012, i guess...good luck anyways :-)

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