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Abdul Sami Sheikh (ASP) Sindh (U) Topper Interview _ CSS-2020
Candidate Welcome by Panelists | The Question Answer Session
please feel comfortable you can
introduce yourself to all of us
sir my name is abdul sami sheikh i am 24
years old
i have been raised and educated in
karachi i graduated with bachelors of
civil engineering
from nad uit karachi i’ve been recently
recommended as an assistant engineer
in irrigation department of saint
government and i aspire to be part of
central superior services
my hobbies include reading non-fiction
books and watching tv shows
and in my spare time i
also like to be socially inclusive and
interact
with people
so you are coming from karachi and
karachi urban
how many districts are in karachi
division sir there are seven districts
in karachi
seven yes or seven districts
so there is karachi south there is
karachi east
there is karachi west there is karachi
central
there is krachimaleer there is karachi
korangi
and the newly created one that is
karachi kemari district
karachi kimari district district
nothing has seven distinct sorry they
became eight
six emperor sir now they are total in
seven
no total seven no total seven because of
kimari
and what is the population of karachi so
the population of karachi
is 16 million the urban population of
karachi
there is some sort of a
criticism about the population census
2017.
yes what is that what do you think about
that
do you think it is it has got some
logical background or it is only for
politics
sir i would say that there is some merit
in this criticism because the
independent
agencies that have been conducting some
small surveys
have mentioned that the overall
population is
clearly over 20 million karachi whereas
the official consensus
says that it is 16 million and for that
reason there is criticism that
it underplays the numbers in karachi the
current consensus
this is something something is cooking
up there
because in fact this population census
is
done in one day from morning till
evening
i doubt their criticism is
correct because they feel that
everything which is here
because there is a ruler saying there is
urban sing then karachi
urban karachi and then there are certain
parts of karachi which are
falling in the ruler areas
now you can tell me what are the issues
major issues of karachi sir
i would say the number one issue of
karachi is the sanitation issue
the problems of public health another
would be the increasing
crime rate the street crime in karachi
and third would be the water situation i
think these three according to me are
the top three problems of karachi
just you feel that infrastructure is
good
sir i would say that the overall
infrastructure is also not up to the
mark and for that reason
the overall roads as well as the s
also i mentioned the sanitation problems
there is also the ethnic problem in
karachi
there have been ethnic tensions brewing
although they are low at this moment but
i say
i think that they are still there
so you have done civil engineering yes
sir why you want to join the
civil services sir i would say that
compared to the irrigation department
these services provide for much more
satisfaction because these are general
administrative services and for that
reason their
impact upon people is much more
immediate and another reason why i would
want to move from the irrigation
department towards
federal central superior services is
that i think they provide better
opportunities in terms of career growth
and career stability
any update about what is happening in
washington they have certified
day before yesterday they have certified
joe Biden presidency
but still they are moving against the
trump what is the latest news
sir trump has said that he will not be a
part of the inauguration of Biden
presidency
and i think that’s the latest one on
january 6 the mob
came upon the capital hill but still
after the mob was removed
they passed and certified that Biden and
kamala harris
will become the president and vice
President of the America
still she wants to move the
speaker of house speaker of the house
she is planning nancy what she is
planning
says that the cabinet should remove the
president because he can still do harm
to the country in a few days that are
left
till he is president and for that reason
she is saying
that unless the cabinet does not take up
the removal of the president
the congress might invoke 25th amendment
lately there was a issue
in district in balochistan 11 people
were killed
and they have been demanding the prime
minister’s visit
yeah but the day before yesterday there
was a speech
of the president a prime minister he
said
i will not go because they are
blackmailing you what do you think
sir i believe that the prime minister
should not
have used that word even if even if he
believes that they are blackmailing him
it came as insensitive in my personal
opinion
and i think of course the demand is
harsh i would say because
everyone would then demand that prime
minister visits them over little
incidents
i think but this incident was big enough
that prime minister should have visited
you have offered this history of
humanity as one of the subject
when the history of usa
when the constitution of usa was written
the debates started in 1787
it was written in 1776 then it was
ratified in 1778
sir pardon me but that was articles of
confederation
that was pre-constitution the original
constitution that is
in effect in america right now was
ratified
in 1789 can you please
identify five major social problem of
pakistan
sir i would say the first would be
poverty
second would be the political
instability
third would be the women disempowerment
fourth would be the i would say the
unemployment
and fifth would be the urbanization
and planned urbanization i think these
five problems according to me are the
major
social problems have you been to a
police station
yes sir i was recently to a place i went
to a police station
so so do you have an idea of what it
comprises
of you see
there are rooms
for different functions the of the
policemen have to perform sir
the once i visited there was the
district intelligence branch
where i went for my verification there
was also one
for dsp a room for dsp was there
and there was also along with that and
there was also the investigation office
the investigation of sp
superintendent of the university sp yes
the superintendent of
the police station i’m talking i’m
talking
about the police station so that i
cannot recall
that police is your first choice so
police station is the most important
component of
police organization so so
try to you know what are the different
offices
you might start someone might call
ask you this question so so
if you know it then it will be good
how can you or
how can you trace the historical
perspective
of of the police in pakistan
sir the police was functioning according
to the police act of 1861 that was
instituted
during the british era then there were
reforms little reforms but the major
reform came
came in 2002 with the police order 2002
but over time the police was developed
and evolved to the provinces
and now province the police department
is a subject of home department of
provinces can you name
some of the key features of police order
2002
sir i would say one of the main key
features was the public safety
commissions
there was also public complaints police
complaints commissions
the police order to also invest
dividing the police the especially the
investigation part of the police
and empowering it and training the
junior as well as the senior staff
so that they can pursue the
investigation has that been done
no sir that has not been done because
the provinces for example recent law sin
police of 2019
has merged the public safety commissions
and police complaint
commissions and also the same police law
has changed the composition
of these safety commissions it has given
much more power to the provincial
level ministers in that and for that
reason i believe that
that and accountability mechanism of the
safety commissions
has been politicized
right
iran
authored a nuclear deal
with major powers in 2015
what was that about and what is its
status now
sir think that deal with obama
administration in 2015
it was officially called joint
comprehensive plan of action
in which iran agreed
to limits it its nuclear amplification
in response to the lifting of american
sanctions on its economy
but it was the trump administration
repealed that plan of action
and again reinstituted those sanctions
but Biden administration has shown
interest in again
renegotiating that deal what was iran
supposed to do
as far as its uranium enrichment process
is concerned how much it was allowed to
to what level under the comprehensive
sir sir i am not sure about the exact
number i think it was similar to what
international atomic agency recommends
it was three and now iran has reached up
to 20
and it’s threatening that it will
further
increase the level of enrichment of a
sanctions are not lifted
how global warming is
affecting the ecological balance of the
world
sir if we are to start with the marine
life
because of the rise in sea levels the
marine life is
disturbed also with the ongoing
deforestation because of global warming
and fossil fuel industry
many plant species as well as animal
species that are that rely on those
pollets
are also being depleted for that reason
there are also wildfires that generally
kill those
male species of animals
and i think as far as our impact on the
ecology is concerned because of fossil
fuel industry
we are giving rise to some ecological
disasters
and that include floods heat waves and
for that reason the overall ecological
response has been very erratic and
random
what are the carbon sinks of the world
sir i i think i can recall
only one that is amazon ran forest
in south america and the arctic region
the yes what is happening there in the
arctic portion sir
the glaciers are melting and for that
reason
the permafrost that was still in
those glaciers is also being released
and
being added to the overall carbon
footprint of
it is supposed to absorb the world
emissions
this arctic region but now
because of this melting it is exposed it
is open now
and it is itself emitting carbon
emissions
more than it it used to
absorb so how serious
can be the situation one can know
nehru mr nero
he did not agree to the cabinet mission
plan
which ultimately led to the creation of
pakistan
what do you think could have been the
underlying factor in his mind
for taking this decision sorry sir
i am unaware about particular details to
make a guess no not details but
one when you see there’s
there is so much on it available in the
books
okay if you don’t know
you over thinker
what do you mean by overthinker weakness
sir i tend to overthink about little
things
and for that reason i think it is one of
the weakness because it takes up a lot
of my time
this is this is not good sometimes
overly polite
yes only what do you mean by overly
polite
sir i cannot say no to most of the
people who ask for favor
and i think the service i’m going for as
my priority
i think this can be construed as a
weakness
with these weaknesses how can you
expect to be a good police officer
because you can’t say no to
your friends to those who approach you
sir i believe since it’s a personal
weakness i have been working on it and i
have constantly seen
improvement in this weakness the thing
over time it can be overcome
sami ned stands for
sir okay
and the thing which was sir was just
referring
the situation in the united states of
america two days ago
don has written an article about
about the situation and there do you
know about it
have you read it well i must have read
it because i read dawn in detail but i’m
not sure about the particular because i
can the article was about the
u.s now u.s president legitimacy over
the rest of the world
regarding dictator of the democracy and
the civil rights and the human rights
have you read it yes sir there was
editorial do you agree with the main
theme of the editorial yes sir i would
agree with this
and i would also add that even before
this incident
i would say that the united states had
no claim
to claim to be a leader of democratic
nations in the world
okay so do you agree there is a lot of
corruption in the synth irrigation
department
sir i would say that there is corruption
in the department
in the overall departments and for that
reason irrigation is no exception
i would agree with you that there so in
your short or long tenures
span how how were you instrumental
in reducing it or countering it
sir i should add that i’ve been recently
recommended as an engineer i have not
formally joined the organization
okay so you are in incubation period
right now yes sir you can see that
regarding history of united states of
america when i
say the word ku klux klan
yes what does it mean sir it was a
terrorist organization it was the
white supremist organization that
believed in the white supremacy
it erupted during after the black black
courts were
enacted in the reconstruction period of
united states history
okay what are the
three or four main pillars
or actions taken during the new deal
sir there was the number of laws were
passed
if i make recalls do you i don’t expect
exact name of the laws what they were
aimed at
sir they were aimed at demand recovery
in the economy they were working on
kinesian model of economy in which
they wanted to generate demand in the
economy and for that reason these
stimulus was given to the workers
the highways were built the agricultural
subsidies were given
social security was enacted this is this
is the first most appropriate word you
used
basically keynesian if you use the word
keynesian economics then you have to
define that what keynesian economics
says
it’s not demand poll it’s the active and
aggressive
role of government in the spending in
the economy
anyhow so
who was the author of declaration of
independence sir thomas jefferson was
the author of the declaration of
independence
right tell me three major
characteristics
of the character the prince by
michael sir he must be ruthless
he must cultivate ties with the
minorities
of that region in which he is ruling and
third would be that he should deceive
the deceiver
okay something regarding fox
sir i cannot exactly recall that quote
but he
there was something about lion and fox
in that all right
thank you
what is the composition of ecce
so the principle of policy are a few of
the guidelines that are mentioned in our
1973 constitution
in which the some of the principles are
led that the
government or the state should pursue
but those are non-judiciable policy
principles
sir one would be that government would
try to enhance the islamic way of life
in the
world another i would say would be the
election of local government in the
state and third would be the women
empowerment the equality of
what was the impact on creation of
pakistan
sir i would say that it
led the muslims towards unity with the
india hindus in the subcontinent but
over time they realized that there were
irreconcilable differences
should
yes
thank
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interview you have to sit like a reward
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thank you so much thank you