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CSS BALOCHISTAN TOPPER ATIQ ULLAH (PAS) | Provincial Administrative Service
Candidate Welcome by Panelists | CSS Q&A Session
now you can introduce yourself to all of
us we are four people jointly interview
my name is Atiq Ullah
i was born in district Pishin
there is a district along Pak Afghan Boarder along Baluchistan
i’ve completed my early education from
my home town and then i moved towards Quetta,
from there i completed my
main English literature in linguistics
from Numl university with distinction
and then
at the same time i completed my m.a
political science from the university of
balochistan
with a distinction and gold medal in it
continuing my studies i just defended
my field thesis
in political science from university
of Baluchistan when it comes to
competitive exam in 2016 i qualified pcs
but i was not educated and
then in 2018 again i qualified PCS and i
was located as a section officer
in 2019 i appeared in css and i
qualified and i was allocated to the
foreign services of Pakistan
when it comes to
my experience and practical life in 2016
i started working with the British council
with democracy reporting international
as a young parliamentary associate i was
placed with the public accounts
committee Pakistan
in 2017 again i was i started another
project with the british council
i was placed with the research
wing in the provincial assembly of
Baluchistan and then
for six months with the translation in
the provincial assembly of Pakistan
when i just completed my PPSA training
that is some sort of common training for
PCS officers from Peshawar and
my first posting was with the
Baluchistan commander operations center
that was constituted for
dealing with the Covid 19
and
then i was posted as a so police for some months and
in april i was
in april 2021 i was posted as a section
officer with
cpa camp office islamabad that is a
administrative wing of sngd balochistan
thank you
you come from Pishin district yes
sir can you introduce this district
operation to all of us what is where it
is
when it comes to the population of
district Pishin
about
0.8 million people are residing in
district Pishin it is an administrative
unit of how many people
around 0.8 million black people
according to census 2017
and the literacy rate of machine is a
72 percent very good where when it comes to
its the the social political and cultural
orientation operation it is culturally
rich basically the
founding member of
Pakistan Muslim league
in 1930s Qazi Muhammad Essa belonged to district
Pishin it is the the main
source of income
of the people of Pishin is from agriculture
we have got some good apples
grapes and
other watermelon like fruits which are
in abundance in district fishing
that is a brief about Pishin,
this is master of philosophy
now you tell us something what is philosophy ?
you define philosophy and make us
understand what is philosophy?
philosophy if we talk about
philosophy talking about concept of philosophy yes
divine philosophy philosophy is the
again now you are a master of
philosopher of the political
if we precise it in one sentence or in
one word is it the the desire to learn
or to
the study of wisdom i would say
acquiring wisdom is philosophy
in precise words
so in political science when you did
your master of philosophy
but
just give me the feel
that you looked into the philosophy of
governance
i looked into
the federation of Pakistan and the
effects of 18th amendment on the
federation of Pakistan
a case study of balochistan my
particular concern was balochistan
in terms of legislation after 18th
amendment in terms of administrative
improvement in balochistan and in terms
of financial management in Pakistan
i just looked into these three areas
in the post
okay you have looked into
this part
now there is
a lot of criticism and people say
that we should revisit
18th amendment
now they want to revisit the 18th
amendment or they want to revisit
financial commission about i would say
we need to see it from multiple
angles
when we see its financial angle
then we say the federal government is
obviously desirous to
revisit that part of the
amendment
and when we see the
the the devolution of employees
that is something the provincial
governments want to revisit
so the federal government wants to
revisit that financial aspect of the
18th amendment because
they cannot revisit it
administratively article 160
of the 18th amendment says that
after each nfc award after samantha nfc
award
the
the formula or the share of the
provinces should be increased it cannot
be decreased so this constitutional
cover has been given to the
18th
the nfc 7th nfc award now the provinces
wants want
to now the federal government wants
to revisit that particular class of the
18th amendment and when it comes to the
with the rest of the evolution of
employees federal government is
appreciated that they should be you tell
me
you mean
without revisiting that class
you cannot make any changes in the nfc
criteria of our distribution of
resources
the
it can be increased but it cannot be
decreased okay it can be increased
but cannot be decreased the share of
provinces can be increased but cannot be
okay share of provinces
you mean share promises cannot be yes it
must
we have seen
the
role of
especially international organizations
like
w
ho
we keep on listening the role of imf we
kept on listening the role of w
who and wto and
this imf world bank what do you think
what are these institutions why they are
getting
into our business
sir these are multilateral financial
institutions
the basic aim of these institutions is
to balance the international economic
development paradigm
they
they are
out to
help the developing countries like
Pakistan and other developing countries
in the overralling of their health
sector on the ruling of the education
sector in the overriding of their
governance sector in the overriding of
their
administrative sector
so they they contribute if we
take example of world bank world bank
helps developing countries in the
completion of mega development projects
like dams
roads motorways bridges
which are quite essential for the
socio-economic development of developing
countries
these are financed by world bank or
asian development wing when we look at
the imf it helps in balancing the
macroeconomic stability of a country
like Pakistan or other developing
countries
if Pakistan is facing current account
deficit and
so Pakistanis dollar Pakistan are other
developing countries they look towards
the imf for a bailout economic bailout
to fulfill their news of dollars
similarly other financial and
multilateral financial institutions are
attached with the
imf with the conditionalities of imf
country is financed by imf it’s the
macroeconomic stability our
macroeconomic sector is financed by the
imf other development partners
contribute in the socio-economic
infrastructural development of those
countries
now
our
finance minister was in washington
the negotiation almost failed
he is back
now don’t you think that i am an
international organization and they are
just controlling the finances of this
country
sir
i would say that
to some extent
this
argument is justified that imf is
controlling our financial
paradigm
but when we look into the depth of the
situation we see that
our own financial paradigm is stumbling
our current account deficit is widening
or
for foreign exchange reserves are
depleting and our
growth economic growth rate is
decreasing so we have to
go with the conditionalities of them
which are quite harsh
like imf is
trying to
to impose its will on Pakistan by saying
that cut your development budget
increase
energy prices increase
gas prices and increase petroleum prices
which is ultimately burdening the common
main and at the same time
which is increasing the cost of
production in the country which is
making Pakistan and competitive
international market if our products are
on competitive international market we
will not be able to
increase our
exports
and
once our exports do not increase our
economy will remain stagnant as it has
been
for quite a long time so therefore imf
the conditionalities of imf are
quite harsh
and they they have controller but
Pakistan does not have any other option
apart from coming to the pressure of
imf
you were parliamentary associate
that’s where the project of british
council
so what do you think that
grant or aid whatsoever
that help you to
assist the parliamentarians of religion
assembly yes sir i was back
then we were working on three different
laws it was local government law it was
higher education commission law
and it was health commission law these
three
laws were
we
were giving
a technical expertise
from the british council from Pakistan
institute of parliamentary services
which was also the project was financed
by
british council so we were contributing
our path towards the legislation of
these
essential laws
my last question
there is a debacle
in kuwait the pledge on government has
fallen
the new government has been in the
making
what are your views what is your
analysis about the fall and remaking of
the government certainly
comes to the description of the fall
of the palestine government
in a democratic country in a
parliamentary setup it is a positive
sign that there has been a change in the
government from within the parliament
from within the provincial assembly
representatives of the same political
party they
resisted the monopolizing nature of the
chief minister so they brought a
democratic
change in the from within the house
now when it comes to the future there
obviously there will be
multiple challenges because half of
the parties divided over the
supporting jam command who was a
previous chief minister and half of the
parties supporting dulkadoos injured
so it is it would be quite interesting
to know to look at the
future developments that how they but i
believe that they are quite good in
political
management and political engineering
they will be able to form a government
under the leadership of kudus vision job
by taking juif into the government and
excluding pta because pti is
no but last night the they were
having a press conference
will be the chief minister and saleh
bhutani will be speaker of the assembly
so that will that will be with the help
of jui
this is what so far we know about
the political developments which are
taking place in a meeting
was there the defense minister
so
multiple stakeholders are involved they
are trying to convince the pti
leadership of balochistan to go with the
kadus bisanjo but
okay
but that press conference they gave the
oppression it has been decided that pti
will be supposed sporting i don’t
think so because yarmouth is quite in
antagonistic towards those who are now
coming to into power he could go with
aliani but it would be quite interesting
to look if he is ready to go with the
qudoos bisenju and saleh bothani because
they are having some sort of tribal
rivalries among themselves
and
they have fielded their own candidate in
the ship of yarmouth and they are
looking for support from those of
aliani’s group and from the those of
np and other gurus because np is
concerned about its political gains
which they have made in the shape of
making
job division and chairman district
so
many of the developments are taking
place
okay thank you
best best is your number one choice
so what is the motivation for that
sir
it it is my passion to serve in the
administrative services
and
district administration in
other positions of the
so therefore i aspire to be allocated to
Pakistan administrative services there
are other
there are
other
areas where you can
work and serve the
serve the country but sir i i see my
aptitude
and my desire or my interest in Pakistan
administrative service my personal
what is good governance
how will you define
in one line i would say
when the government
responds to the desires to the needs of
the people at their doorstep
in the shape of public service delivery
i would call it good governance
bernocchio
from english literature
how is bernard shaw known
in english literature
he was
his
orientation was leftist because he was
part of fabian society and when we
look at his
dramas which has written like dharms and
the men in which he was anti-war figure
what i perceive him from that drama
because the way he has mocked those
people who idealize
the people who go to war and they we we
make heroes those heroes themselves are
afraid of death afraid of war so i would
say he was leftist as well as anti-war
figure
in english literature
two international
awards were conferred on him
what were those
i’m sorry
nobel nobel prize
oscar
how do you see plea bargain as a tool of
accountability
sir i think plea bargain is a
stigma on the process are on the
mechanism of accountability in Pakistan
because
triply bargain
space is given to those who are involved
in corruption that they by returning the
the money which they have stolen by
returning that money they are given free
end one thing and then they are not
dismissed from their service they are
they remain in their position of power
whatever that may be
and they they
somehow some say
some say are
it is perceived that they do not
return the whole money they return a
small chunk of that money
and the the the main cause is a
weak
prosecution of our accountability
mechanism we are unable to prosecute
those
who are involved in corruption and then
we tell we give them an option
whether they want to return that money
if they do not return then the
process of prosecuting them takes a
quite long which is a burden on the
extract as well as on the performance of
that person as well because if he is not
involved then
his time is vested his energies are
wasted his respect is compromised if he
is convicted
it takes a long time therefore our
mechanism
has given space to them which is quite a
stigma on our
like you’re right nine
nine hundred billion rupees
were recovered
through plea bargain
that day he was the the dg nab
but
in those cases
none of the accused was sent to jail
they said they were convicted
and the money was taken
and
as a result of plea bargain
they were allowed they were released
and none of them was convicted none of
them were sent to jail
you’re right
it’s a stigma
what are these
some of the
features of police order 2002
some important measures which are
proposed
for improving the police working
some some of the important features of
buddhist it established a complete chain
of command in the police
department and the position of ig
was
like he became equal to that of sheep
second he was he was
created to grade 21.
no no
no no you must go and study the
police order 2002
because this is your second choice
when you go back please have a look at
it
there were quite a number of
you see
reforms it was it was reformatory in
drastic reforms were introduced proposed
and introduced in that
order you you should go and
study them because psp is your second
choice
balochistan we all know is there is a
and b area
don’t you think if it is all a area
sir this is quite right we need to
transform this into all the whole
province into area but
before transforming them we need to see
the challenges which are faced by the
provincial government because i was
working as a so police and
especially the main obstacle was that of
converting
levies into police
the hierarchy their promotion seniority
and their perks and privileges
these all things were involved which is
quite a daunting task for the provincial
government if they convert levies into
police
it is quite probable that there will be
political repercussions for them
so first there is a
need to make a comprehensive plan of
converting levies into police
and assuring them that their seniority
is not compromised assuring them that
their personal privileges are not
compromised
the second challenge is that of tribal
people who are not ready
to go with the police
because they think that
police is not
according to the culture of that those
tribes in particular areas of the
province but now i feel that people are
ready for for this conversion
they find no difference between levies
and police when it comes to performance
rather police is more is performing
well beyond the jurisdiction of their
duties
and now there is a another trend that is
rising extremism which the pulley the
levy which levies is not equipped
and ready enough to counter therefore
they need
that expertise
my last question is
how do you see the
insurgency
the insurgency of bloat nationalists
going on in
before 2010 there was a rising trend of
insurgency but now we see that this
trend is declining
due to multiple reasons the first season
is 18th amendment which has somehow
demoralized the no nationalist they have
lost ground to the people because people
do not trust them once people trusted
them in 2013 but
they do they fail to perform despite
having multiple
financial resources at their disposal
and insurgency the insurgents
especially in turban
and punjab
in these areas middle class insurgency
was taking place which is which has been
mainstreamed by engaging
the locals of those areas into the
mainstream by giving them jobs like we
have seen in turban educational enclave
has been established in which cadet
college is their university medical
colleges their law colleges their
universities
universities there so people are being
engaged with the stay
with stakeholders and
now government has also announced 600
million billion rupees project in
which infrastructure development is
there health facilities are to be
developed okay thank you
Atiq Ullah you said you were selected
for foreign
and you didn’t
accept it or what happened i deferred it
for a year from 15th of november our
common training program will start
so
so now i am i’ve just qualified the
return part of css 2021 and now i aspire
to change my group from
fsp to php or pass
so technically you’re still in the
foreign service yes i am but you
deferred it i deferred it for a year on
15th of november our training will start
common training program will start
but that means you lose your seniority
yes i lost myself
very well
can you tell us something about him
was the president of brazil from 2003 to
2013.
he belonged to the national workers
party
he was the leader of national workers
party during his regime brazil
especially the middle class of brazil
emerged as a dominant force brazil
developed progressed
while taking the downtrodden along with
because in most of the countries when we
see the development paradigm we see that
the poorer are further cornered and the
rich get richer but in the case of
brazil under the leadership of lula de
silva this was an exception where
the middle class also expanded people
got many and
though rich people also made many but
along with this the
middle class was also expanded and
people from lower class also made money
there was something quite positive that
is true lula was a big favorite at that
time but then why did he have a downfall
in politics
these things happen he became
the victim of political vendetta at the
end of
elite establishment at the end of his
own
political party insiders
he he was victimized and he was
persecuted
no i don’t think so it was the
even the the the claim or the accusation
i guess him was just of a plate which he
does not own which is where he does not
live
where nothing was concrete was there
against him it was a political vendetta
to oust him from the mainstream because
elites didn’t like him
and
you said one of your favorite books was
faith and feminism
do you think they’re
they are in harmony or they’re in
contradiction
they are
you are talking about faith in feminism
or the book
no i’m talking in principle in general
not the book
they are in harmony
but the thing is that who who interprets
religion that that matters
it’s not about religion and feminism or
faith and feminism it is about the
interpreter that matters if
interpreter is you know orthodoxy as
affairs is that if it is another
orthodox person he would obviously say
that there is
no no no right for women in the religion
but if we see a feminist who is
interpreting the text although he or she
would obviously find
they are in harmony so it matters it
depends on the interpreter and how do
you interpret i interpret they are quite
in harmony and
religion is something that
is not only for men that is for women as
well and
it facilitates women as much as it
facilitates men
it is unfortunate that our historical
trajectory is something
in which man has dominated the paradigm
otherwise
it’s
quite in harmony could you tell us
something about rikudik
recodic
was a project
in which natural resources like gold
copper and silver were to be excavated
from chargi district of balochistan
now it is under the
state sponsored company of china
they are excavating gold from that
area with the 48 percent of 50 of the
shade is given to the
state of Pakistan and 50 percent of the
share the income or the revenue
generated through it
goes to china out of that fifty
percent two percent is given to
Baluchistan and the rest of 48 percent
is goes to the federal government but
there was a problem before china came in
because earlier on it was you know the
canadian company the chilean and the
fugusta
i don’t have i have not heard this
okay thank you
which era of the European history
fascinates you the most
the revolutions of 1848
fascinates me the most when it comes to
european history
because it was at that point
when things started changing
the overall social economic political
religious paradigm strategy though
revolution took place in france in 1789
changes started to take place from there
but
its climax at its culminating point was
1848 when
those powers are preachers of
conservatism
had no space
no more space in the society they had to
come to the pressure of liberals and
those humanists who were struggling for
the rights of men and women
and
what do you think the talibans are going
to have an inclusive government and if
not why not
i think taliban are going to form an
inclusive government but definitely it
would take time
because the thing
if we study the
the
demography of afghanistan the geography
of weinstein it tells us that it is a
100 years old issue
that
sometimes we see that other ethnic
groups are dominating kabul and
sometimes pashtuns are dominating kabul
so
keeping in view if she is a teacher if
it’s treated or something so taliban
will need
some time to form an inclusive
government by
taking on board to to develop that
trust deficit which was there to develop
trust among those communities it will
take time and taliban will definitely
because they have no other option if
they do not
there is a possibility that that country
will plunge into civil war
and waziristan cannot afford any
more civil war because it is on the
brink of collapse already so they will
have no other option apart from
performing an inclusive government thank
you very much
i hand over to my colleague
okay well i think
what did you know about the proclamation
act 1858 proclamation at 1858
it was an act by the british parliament
in which
india was
declared as
means it was formally given to the
british government and it was taken from
the east india company
which was running the administration of
india before the proclamation
well that’s nice okay what was the delhi
Muslim proposal
daily Muslim proposal what was that
daily Muslim proposals were presented
in 1927 by the Muslim leadership
for a separate electorate and
for joint electorate and they were
they gave space to the congress and
invited them for discussions to have
joint elected and common struggle
against the British
okay i have read political science as
well i have a question you have read
john locke
should be divided into two parts
upper house and the lower house
have been taken in the 1956 constitution
of Pakistan
history legislation has not been cast a
balance corrected the constitution
it was a unicameral because
the
two units
means the
west Pakistan was
formed into
west Pakistan was formed into one unit
the four provinces of west Pakistan were
composed of one unit and east Pakistan
so equal seats were given to east and
west Pakistan i think 150 150 seats were
given that’s how they thought that
one federating unit would
balance out the other operating unit in
case there is
any
that’s nice my last question is is there
any difference between nazism and
fascism there isn’t much difference but
if we talk about the leadership if we
talk about the party organization and
their tactics there is a slight
difference but there is no
big difference between them what major
difference is between fascism and nazism
fascism was in italy and nazism is the
fascist version of germany
okay thank you
thank you thank you sir thank you very
much
we conclude the
formal interview now you can ask
question if we can give you our feedback
if you like
sir
you give all your feedback
you are good very good there is no doubt
you have
done a lot of homework everybody
unless you are going for these
competitive exam is not an easy job
and after doing in the provincial
service then going for the federal
services now again coming
to that shows your ambition
and your motivation for administrative
service this is something very positive
and you have your academic
qualifications are very good and you
have been very responsive to all of us
foreign
you should be clarity
foreign
insurgency
foreign
okay
you have done a good job very good
of is
i wanted you to highlight that
exactly which you never mentioned you
only spoke of china china is just a
newcomer and it’s a very superficial
thing but ricotta has a very deep
history which you as a person coming
from balochistan one expected you to
have spoken more
on
all these details of the issue so what
i’m trying to say is okay even if you
have knowledge you don’t express it
your evaluator will not be able to
evaluate you
the way they should so when you are
framing your response think it out and
spell it out putting all the elements in
it
but otherwise you’re a good candidate
i’m sure you’ll do very well
wish you all the best
well your answer regarding u.s history
political science and Pakistan excellent
excellent answers critical questions
questions say i’ve said package openings
thank you so much
you