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ESSAY PAPER
Time Allowed: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

Important Note:
Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3500
words) on any ONE of the given topics. Make sure you use different
forms of discourses, e.g., exposition, argumentation, description and
narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance and clarity.

Observations of Examiners on CSS 2018 Essay Paper: Candidates were

at their best in topics involving critical and subjective approach i.e. in
topics like Democracy in Pakistan: Hopes and Hurdles, Rule of Law,
Safeguarding Human Rights & Civil Liberties during Fight against
Terrorism and Corruption etc. On the other hand, in topics that were of
objective nature (Global Warming / CPEC), reliance on crammed
knowledge, dull monotony and repetition of stereotypical information
was observed. A significant number of the candidates did not have a
clear sense of the essentials of a comprehensive essay or the features
which differentiate an essay from other forms of writing. Candidates
must know about the qualities of a standard Essay and the standard
expected by the Commission in the Competitive Exam.

Essay Paper - 2000

1. Good governance and the role of the public servant.
2. Sweet are the uses of adversity.
3. Hero-worship is the strongest where there is least regard for
human freedom.
4. Advancement in science and technology is the gateway to the
economic prosperity of a country.
5. The barbarity of ethnic cleansing.
6. Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive,
easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.
7. We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
8. Progressive alleviation of poverty in Pakistan - an overview.

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9. If you wish the sympathy of broad manes, then you must tell
them the crudest and most stupid things.
10. Moral standards in international relations.
11. Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity
and human happiness.
12. The purification of politics is an iridescent dream.

Essay Paper - 2001

1. Turn not thy cheek in scorn towards folk nor walk with pertness
in the land. (Al-Quran)
2. Economic prosperity of a nation is directly proportional to the
level of literacy in it.
3. Justice delayed is justice denied.
4. National integration.
5. Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
6. It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
7. On tolerance.
8. Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
9. He who eats the fruit should at least plant the seed.
10. The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your arm.
11. Public office is a public trust.
12. Devolution of power in Pakistan.

Essay Paper - 2002

1. World scenario in 21st century and Pakistan's Role in it.
2. International Crisis in Terrorism.
3. Every art is an imitation of nature.
4. Higher Science Education in the developing countries.
5. Austerity as a solution of all our economic problems.
6. Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation
is thought necessary.
7. Economic problems in Pakistan and how to meet them.
8. A little philosophy inclincth man's mind to atheism; but depth
in philosophy bringeth man's minds about to religion.
9. Art and Morality.
10. Of all the needs a book has, the chief need is that it be readable.
11. Education has for its object the formation of character.
12. Need for serious planning in technical education in Pakistan.
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Essay Paper - 2003
1. Formal and Casual dressing Codes.
2. Attitude of indifference.
3. Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. (Confucius)
4. Dilemma of the water and energy crisis in Pakistan.
5. Art Critics and reviewers.
6. Young habits die-hard.
7. Existentialism.

Essay Paper - 2004

1. Humanism
2. The end of cheap oil
3. All recorder history is contemporaneous
4. Pluralistic vision of Islam
5. Longing for Love
6. A long Dispute means that both parties are wrong.
7. Modern Banking, finance and employment are part of
one single paradigm
8. Peer Pressure

Essay Paper - 2005

1. Strategies for the alleviation of poverty.
2. Socio-Economic Challenges faced by Pakistan.
3. Estrangement from our own culture is driving us on the verge
of collapse, not just our identity but also morality.
4. Reforms in Examination systems
5. Persecuted poor woman.
6. The search for truth.
7. Islam versus the West.

Essay Paper - 2006

1. Truth in short supply
2. Liberalism
3. Humour In Urdu Literature
4. Foreign Direct Investment in Pakistan
5. Personaliszation of Pakistani politics
6. Global Warming
7. Nuclear weapons are not only a great peril, but a great hope.
8. Brain, like hearts, go where they are appreciated'

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9. Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny'
10. There comes a time to put aside principles and do what's right.
11. We grown too old soon and too late smart.
12. Every solution Breeds New Problems'

Essay Paper - 2007

1. The more developed a country, the more leathly it is armed.
2. Higher Education as an agent of change
3. The future of mankind in a global warming perspective
4. The image of Islam in the western world and responsibilities
of the Muslim Ummah
5. A country is backward because it's people are backward
6. Globalization and electronic media
7. The present system of Education must assume some of
responsibilities of our failure.
8. Politics is the art of possible.
9. Terrorism as a new threat to the contemporary world.
10. The state of women rights in Pakistan

Essay Paper - 2008

1. Moral depravity is the root cause of poverty.
2. Peace the essential message of our religion
3. Time management is the key note of success.
4. Lack of discipline - a national disaster.
5. Materialism in the death of spirituality.
6. Poetry is the highest form of expression - the greatest proof is
the Holy Quran.
7. Dreams for future rely on the work of today.
8. Can be prevent the Third World War?
9. Global Warming, fact or fiction?

Essay Paper - 2009

1. The Future of democracy in Pakistan.
2. Health is not a condition of matter, but of mind.
3. Co-education; merits and demerits
4. The Food crisis: problems, challenges & opportunities for Pakistan.
5. English as the Medium of Education in Pakistan.
6. The future of the UNO -- Hopes and Hurdles
7. There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

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8. Status of Women in Islam
9. Pakistan's war on terror and its impact on our psyche and
politic socio-economic fronts
10. Power of Media in the Modern World.

Essay Paper - 2010

1. Literature is the best criticism of life.
2. Dialogue is the best course to combat terrorism.
3. Pakistan is rich in natural resources but very poor in their management.
4. The U.N.O has failed to measure up to the demands of its charter.
5. All humans are born equal in dignity and rights but they are in
shackles everywhere.
6. Why is there no status of the third gender in Pakistan?
7. Can women be equal to men in Pakistan?
8. Without independent truth-finding commission , accountability
is unachievable.
9. Religion has done more harm than help to human relations in
the world.
10. The world politics stands more derisive than it was ever before
due to the specific imperialist designs.

Essay Paper - 2011

1. Truth is a rare commodity despite the freedom by the print
and electronic media.
2. Without good communication skills, life becomes impossible
in the modern world.
3. The time we live in is the winter of the world.
4. In this country reason does not apply to anything,
5. Does Pakistan society regard woman as the angel in the
house or source of all evils?
6. Disaster management and government preparedness
7. Fair play and life, as it is lived, in the land of the pure.
8. The pleasures of reading.
9. What are the hurdles in our way to becoming a truly
independent state?
10. Insanity in individuals is something rare but in groups,
parties and nations it is the rule.

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Essay Paper - 2012
1. Energy Crisis in Pakistan: Causes and Consequences.
2. Obesity is the root cause of all diseases.
3. Beggars cannot be choosers.
4. The UN in the 21st Century: Obligations and Limitations.
5. Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated.
6. The Emerging Power of Public Opinion.
7. The Suffering Soul in the Scientific Age.
8. A critical analysis of Education Systems in Pakistan.
9. Democracy is a culture rather than a process.
10. Social and Economic Securities for Women in Islam.

Essay Paper - 2013

1. There should be colleges and schools just for men/boys
and some just for women/ girls.
2. Let me take care of today, tomorrow shall take care of itself.
3. The traditional male role changed in the last 20 years.
4. Gender equality is a myth.
5. Meaning and purpose of education.
6. If gold rust what shall the iron do.
Country life is better than city life.
7. Free speech should have limitations.
8. Not economy but politics is a key to success.
9. Modern day communication via social networks puts an
end of true and sincere relationships.

Essay Paper - 2014

1. Literature as a great cultural artifact.
2. Language is a fit data for research in humanities and social sciences.
3. Privatizing higher education-generating knowledge or
making more money the opulent.
4. Women sportspersons as new ambassadors of the soft image
of Pakistan.
5. Post-modern ethos – a challenge to the West.
6. Look to the east for a holistic progress.
7. Great nations win without fighting.
8. Can meaning be fixed?
9. The character of a nation can be judged by its symbolic narratives.
10. Violence is the large refuge of the incompetent.
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Essay Paper - 2015
1. The War on terror has contributed to the growing abuse of
human rights.
2. Anticipation is often greater than realization
3. Punctuality is virtue of bored.
4. The introduction of new digital technologies has radically
altered identities.
5. In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to is level of
incompetence
6. I disapprove what you say, but I defend to death your right to say.
7. Luxury predecessors becomes the necessity of successors
8. When life throws you lemons, make lemonade.
9. Government should eliminate subsidies and incentives for
manufacturers and consumers of electric cars as they are costly
and do not do enough to protect environment.
10. Labor saving devices are more troublesome than they worth.

Essay Paper - 2016

1. World as a global village: Learning to live together.
2. We have to learn to be our own best friends, because we fall
too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.
3. Water crisis and national unity.
4. The place of Urdu in Pakistan and Supreme Court’s ruling on
making Urdu the official language of the country.
5. Crisis of good governance in Pakistan: Need for reforms and
institution building.
6. Promotion of tax culture in Pakistan: Perspective, prospects
and challenges.
7. Gender equality is a myth!
8. The creation of new provinces in Pakistan: Implications
for an integrated country.
9. Does foreign aid help to achieve economic stability?
10. Frailty, thy name is woman.

Essay Paper - 2017

1. Is colonial mentality impeding Pakistan’s progress?
2. Brexit means globalization is the rhetoric of the privileged,
and capitalism will return ferociously as ever.

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3. More and more International military engagements by the
United Nations; is the world moving towards peace?
4. Modernity is an unending project.
5. Feminism is not really a Third World issue.
6. Literature is a lonely planet of idealists.
7. Being a minority is a fate no one wants. Can nationalism be
really inclusive?
8. Ideologies thrive on notions of resistance, yet change is a simulation.
9. Are modern wars not holy wars?
10. Life without controversy is no life. But why one should not
choose the safe haven of conformism?

Essay Paper - 2018

1. Real development should transform people’s lives, not just
economic statistics.
2. Higher Education in Pakistan: Ills and Remedies.
3. Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are
living our fears.
4. China – Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its
Socio-economic Implications for the Region and the World.
5. Beware the barrenness of a busy life!
6. The Emerging Power of Social Media: Prospects and Problems.
7. In the fight against terrorism and corruption, it is imperative
not to compromise human rights and civil liberties.
8. The threat of Global Warming and the ways to counter it.
9. Will rule of law always remain an impracticable myth in Pakistan?
10. Democracy in Pakistan: Hopes and Hurdles.

Essay Paper - 2019

1. Let there be more light in the corridors of worship places.
2. New war fronts lie in economic zones.
3. Urdu literature and Progressive Movement.
4. Art for peace.
5. Truth is lived, not taught.
6. New waves of feminism and our culture.
7. Democracy and Illiteracy do not move together.
8. Sometimes we do not see what we see.
9. Expanding Information Technology; A curse or blessing.
10. Classrooms decide the future of the nation.

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