Farrah and Xaara Hussain, Umar Abbas is quite right in his opinons for you people. Essay paper is all about composing words in beffiting manner, relevant contents, related material or quality, whatever you name it. And instead of making verbosity, one should concentrate for the essence inside words.. God bless you people, inshALLAH you will be getting through it. Now, work hard for the upcoming papers..

Maroof Chishty, dear your outline is also quite better... may ALLAH be with you people, amin.

inshallah this essay will be enough. work for the coming papers. they are pretty important too. secondly, practice may count but its not vital. you see, its what you respond at that very moment that saves your life. anyways Dawn or other things may be good, but they are not essential. Before my exams, after my exams or before my psychological (and inshallah before my interview as well) i NEVER consulted Dawn or any other newspaper. TV does the job.

Argh it reminds me of one more thing! just like Our Bureaucracy is a legacy of imperialism, Dawn and all other likes are legacies of an age when Pakistan produced CSPs (which ofcourse has ceased). Internet does the job these days coupled up with TV! Work on analytic skills though. they are required everywhere.

see i told you. i was wondering as to how come my intelligent sister skipped it ...anyways best of luck for the coming papers. work hard for EDS (its impo) and please don't go for any rocket science things during prep. keep it simple and concise and as close to a layman's explanation as possible. that's what is needed best of luck!

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I Know I am Bad But When Bad is the Best, Bad is the Only Choice

except Disaster management and government preparedness all the topics were very much unexpected

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Here is my outline kindly check it.
Synopsis
1. Introduction
2.which states are independent today,
3.pak scanario today.
4. Hurdles:
political
(bad gov,political instability, law n order)
economic
(inflation, energy,water, food crises,)
social
(ilitercy,unemployment,terorism,crouptiön,por infra.s)
religeous
(orthodox ulema, low morale)
5. Impcts
6. Sugestions
7 solution

well your essay is a like a jigsaw puzzle. everything required in this essay, you have penned it down it seems. the question is "Have you co-related all these to the independence issue. for example: how does food crises affect our independence as a nation. There are many nations facing the same problem. have you answered that?

secondly, which nations are independent today is more of an answer in some geography paper. You should have defined what is an independent nation for example.

The impacts part was a redundant part. Remember the supposed impact of whatever you mentioned earlier resulted either as an independent or a dominated/influenced Pakistan (in all probability you wrote a semi-independent or Pakistan with curbed independence as the state of affairs).

so on the whole a decent effort. If you have co-related stuff together in a logical and concise way, there is no reason as to why you wouldnt cross the 40 mark barrier. Best of luck!

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I Know I am Bad But When Bad is the Best, Bad is the Only Choice

I attempted;
"In this country, reason does not apply to anything"

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"And I thought about how he knew to put the 'pursuit' in there, like no one can actually have happiness. We can only pursue it."

This was a lovely topic. I didn't choose it because I was confused and overwhelmed otherwise in hindsight I would have chosen it as it has a broad focus yet you won't be penalized if you dont mention something important.

Excellent points which could be incorporated were why rgst is indispensable or why we should increase electricity and fuel prices. I am a bit sad now. Shouldve attempted it

yes u r right.. it was a good but very tricky essay.. despite of the fact that i am much experienced, it really made me tired.. i had to think a lot for each and every point.. but it went Good shukr Alla ka..
what was ur topic?

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"And I thought about how he knew to put the 'pursuit' in there, like no one can actually have happiness. We can only pursue it."

Farahn Don't worry yar I know u r gonna Pass Inshallah

And u know what i did in the essay paper
It was the biggest blinder of my life . I even don't know k pehla paper essay ka hay ( btw hota bi tou koi farq nai ta, as i didn't prepare a single essay) .
Some1 called called for wishing me good luck and asked about my prepration and I was so dumb that i said "han bs composition ki thek hay r essay ki outlines the jo data hay us ko break main dekh loon gi " and then a bomb exploded when i got to know k pehla paper essay ka hay . Anyhow , i didn't tell aany1 at home coz i was afraid that if i told my mother about it she will worried and i didn't want to a sad face of my mother before going to examination hall. Plus i didn't sleep for whole night as, i shifted from AHA to Iqbal Town , as examination center is quiet near to my Mamoo's home . So, i was tires, sleepless and tense and when i entered in the examination hall.

Anyhow when i saw the first topic i said Allah Mian I LOVE U

1- INTRODUCTION

2- RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEDIA

a- objectivity
b- fair play
c-educate the masses
d- unbiased
e- credibility

3- Role of media

a- nonobjective/ Subjective Reporting
b- Sensationalism
c- propaganda
d- unethical reporting
e- Rating games

4- EFFECTS ON SOCIETY

a- Moral degration
b- Psychological Effects
c- Social Effects

5- MEASURES TO CURB THE PROBLEM

a- Proper Check and balance system through legislation
b- journalists should not lose their credibility
c- corporate media should be discouraged
d- Governments must not compel media to propagate their agendas
e- Media organizations must have their own regulatory authority

6- CONCLUSION

In into i write about the freedom of media , like how it is a symbol of liberty, democracy and etc. I referred to Article 19 of UN HUMAN DECLARATION, which is about freedom of expression . plus article 19 of
Pakistani Constitution .

in responsibilities, i emphasis that how media should report objectively and tell the truth etc

in role , i criticized media for being subjective and quoted Walter Lippmann, how masses are " bewildered herd " for him and all his efforts to hide the truth form masses.
I gave example of Woodrow Wilson that how he used propaganda in WW1.
Quoted Roger Cohen in Credibility
In rating games , i gave example of Mehr Bhukari's show , which was fakely done during the flood disaster just to get the high rates etc
and i concluded that it is right that media is facing is being hindered to tell the whole truth but it's responsibility is to tell the truth and blah blah

It was totally an unprepared essay and i really don't know k kaisa howa hay

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Yeh Aseer Sehzadi Choot bhi tou Skti hay

please comment on my outline. i hv written about 3800 words with quotes poetry and references. the major point was in order to see the status of pakistani women in relation to if she is an angel in the house or source of all evils we must look into the factors affecting pakistani society.

I actually took an investigative approach to the topic rather than jumping on the conclusion.

Introduction

Women
Women overall in the whole world
Gender discrimination
- Global Problem
- Seoul Summit 2010
- Against Human Rights
Women in Pakistan

Main Body:
Women in Pakistan --- Source of evil or Angel of house?

Religious Aspects:
Pakistan predominantly an Islamic state
Other religions in Pakistan i.e. Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism etc
Status of women in Islam
Status of women in other religions
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism and Jainism
Social Aspect:
Role of women in Pakistan as Mother
Role of women in Pakistan as Daughter
Discriminatory
Role of women in Pakistan as Sister
Discriminatory
Marriage to Holy Quran in some areas of Sindh
Role of women in Pakistan as Wife
Discrimination
Domestic Violence
Family as an agent of socialization
Role varies across the social strata’s
Women are preferred to stay at home

Cultural Aspect
Pakistani culture different from Arabic Culture
Pakistani culture affected by Hindu Culture
Women status is Hindu culture thus impacts her status in Pakistan as well

Political Aspect
Discrimination on the basis of gender with few exceptions

Literature and Arts
Women are not encouraged
Male dominancy
Other problems are Governmental response
Women trafficking
Protection of women against sexual harassment at workplace act 2009
Separate ministry for women

Privileges enjoyed by Women in Pakistan
Suffrage since inception
10% quota in central superior services
Reserved seats in National assembly
Acheivements of women
Benazir Bhutto
Nusrat Bhutto
Fehmida Mirza
Women in private sector
Conclusion:
Age of enlightenment
Women are not at all frail
Acceptance of women at home and outside home –in process
Status of Women in Pakistani society is better than that of women in other Islamic states
Silver lining in the dark cloud

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