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FAHAD ZIA AC-IRS Mock Interview | Assistant Commissioner – Inland Revenue Service
Candidate Welcome by Panelists | CSS Q&A Session
please take your time
you introduce yourself to all of us
my name is farzia i belong to district
mansera but i am settled in islamabad
my father works in the ministry of
foreign affairs
and since my childhood i have never been
abroad
my primary education has been from india
and second education from iran
i completed my metric and fsc from
turkey i came back to Pakistan to pursue
electrical engineering
after four years i worked in a private
company
and in a private company i served as an
administrative administration as well as
technical side
and in that time i realized my potential
of becoming a better administrator
so i decided to join join some
administration job
and i found an opportunity in islamabad
as an administrative coordinator
so i came to islamabad and i served in
that institute for almost three years
in that job i worked with the british
council as well as with the beer and
federal war
then continuing on
i realized that i wanted to
serve the public so i decided to join
public sector
hence i applied for a job
in kpk public service commission where i
was selected as a district food
controller
so i had the honor to serve as the
youngest district food controller in
2019
and i served in korvar that is one of
the toughest areas of apk which was
formerly a part of a part of
the pata the provincially administered
tribal areas
and while i was serving there i
qualified the exam of pms
and then i was selected as ac ut in kbk
so right now i’m serving as assistant
commission under training
i have undergone five months of ut ship
there and currently i am undergoing
online training by ppsf
shower good
to how long you stayed in turkey
three years three years
at what level what was your age high
my age was
it was a metric in fsc i did it from
there you did your metric and fsa level
what is what they call it
then they call high school and college
high school and college
quite i think you’re quite
old enough to tell us something about
turkey definitely so turkey is a
wonderful country and especially once
being a Pakistani i was there i felt
honored because they used to call
turkish the turkey in Pakistanis
which in turkish means brothers
and i went there in 2009 and when i went
there then there was a guy who met me
and he was crying i said very crying and
he said that our leader
bruto she has died in the recent episode
so we are sad for her and the people
there in turkey especially the old
people there they really feel like our
brothers and sisters to us
and second thing is that they’re highly
patriotic
they really take care of their values
which i’m really impressed by them why
they call them sick men of europe
they’re called sick men of europe
because in the early 20 in the early
20th century what happened was that
turkey could not bear the burden
because it was the center of the ottoman
caliphate so it became so weak at that
time that it could not carry on the
legacy it had
that’s why
what is the traveling time between this
istanbul to
europe as foreign how much time it takes
so i went back only took me six hours
ankara to istanbul
and
six hours
so
you have been an active service in the
kpk province then you are assessing
commercial entertaining there
what type of training you are getting
there in their district
so we had ac ute ship we were attached
to our senior badge and we were mentally
we dealt with the responsibilities of
covert 19 sop implementation in the
markets in marriage hall schools and
colleges
apart from that we had revenue training
as well to some extent what are the
function of the adept commissioner
there
the main function of the deputy
commissioner is he’s a representative of
the provincial government that is
primary role there and he is the
district collector of all the taxes and
second thing is that he is responsible
for all the departments which are
devolved to the potential government
under the district like health and
education he oversees the functioning of
those departments and he reports the
performance to the permission government
what are your views about development of
tourism in kpk what new initiative have
been taken pastor i myself was lucky to
be part of the team which was
responsible to highlight the locations
in kbk especially in district mancera
because it’s the topmost district for
tourism which are suitable for the
investment we had a team from the uae
and we decided that we should now
highlight those spots which have those
potential which has not already been
tapped
and especially i was in the desert
buffer there buffer purple so we
highlighted the spots of the tourism
potential such as which need investment
right now and we should also make sure
that we should go for sustainable
tourism and we should not convert the
greenery into the concrete based
buildings and authorize investments
so we worked in that field too so the
potential for tourism is great in that
area yeah recently where kpk government
has bought two buildings in kisakani
bazaar yes sir what are those buildings
i read in the news that there isn’t
a type building there and the kpk
government has opened that to the public
so public can see the heritage there in
that building no the the two buildings
they have bought one is the
these are the two old houses they say
two old houses
so i think they are elected to actress
something actors yes they were actors
and they have bought that and i can’t i
cannot recall the other one
there is a claim of the kpk government
that they have brought a lot of
reinforcement at the health sector and
they have changed tana culture can you
tell us what has been done yes sir i
myself visited the thanas and various
political stations there as well they
have made some model police stations
there in those police stations we can
really see that some change has been
brought in them for example when someone
comes for the complainant we’re bringing
a complaint that complaint is registered
in a very in a very in a sequential way
such that it’s also online and others
can also access their complaint of that
office second thing is that the
atmosphere currently earlier it was
thought that hana culture is something
like one should be afraid of one should
not go to china but while being there i
realized that yes the model thanas i’m
not talking with other ones but
especially these channels they are
really they provide some sort of support
to the people emotionally as well as
psychological
how the policies are made you are a
student you have taken the subject of
public policy
how policy formation is done what are
the steps
yes sir i said for policy formulation
there are multiple steps first of all an
issue is taken up
by the stakeholders then they decide of
the issue that okay what what happens
with this issue starting from the root
cause how is how to resolve any issue
so first they highlight all the the key
points in them and then those key points
they involve the stakeholders then they
take their input from the stakeholders
like from and talking realistically
there are multiple departments if they
want to make a policy regarding a
certain department they’ll take input
from their department they’ll guess they
want to make this policy give us your
input after taking those inputs from
them then they formulate them in a
sequential manner they prioritize the
poli the demands
this should be first it should be second
after the doing this process then they
are put forward for the further
implementation and once they are decided
in a formal manner then they are
then they are put into in such a way
that they can be implemented
on the grassroot level
after implementation what is the state
so after implementation then there is a
five years process in which we call
every year we examine the policies which
we have been made and are they achieving
their targets or not for the purpose
which they were made so they are
assessed on annual basis till five years
and in case some change is required then
that change is incorporated next time
when they gain a policy is being made
and if it is found that that policy does
not serve the purpose then that has to
be truncated but normally in public
service policies are not so much
truncated they are modified to get
resistant
okay
can i have your comments about the
current political situation in Pakistan
i said current political situation is an
innovative turmoil because right now as
we have seen in the past also that there
is opposition party and then those on
the treasury benches there are
loggerheads so i think we need we
have some political consensus to make
this democracy move forward
but they should do
so
now interestingly both the parties are
talking of democracy and democratic
process but what they are doing is
exactly the opposite of what they should
do for the democratic process who should
take the initiative so those on the
treasury benches since their driving
seat they should take the initiative
what are the characteristics of a good
bureaucrat
so the main characteristic of a good
bureaucrat is that
he should have empathy and he should
know he should be able to understand the
problem of others and solve them in a
manner that rules and regulations allow
him to do so
rules and regulations
yes
sir that’s all
so this is the main characteristics
apart from that then there are other
things like as the web has described
that following the code of conduct and
then following the hierarchy and moving
through that system of the governance
if if bureaucrats follow the rules
strictly
do you think it will
the public interest will suffer because
this way
the
matter get delayed
so strictly speaking the rules are made
in such a way that they should help the
public yeah in certain cases if you
follow the city some things can be
compromised but broadly speaking they
serve the public if they’re followed
then
roots
today there was an article
in the paper
regarding the this
the house of dilip kumar and
raj kapoor
so
the caption was roots
how do you read it
so i related a person who is born in one
place he has got some sort of emotional
attachment to that place now despite the
fact they are in india they are doing
their own career but their roots belong
to vishal
and they own it
what is the central theme of
this book
becoming
by michelle
obama central theme
so the central theme of this book is
that how to be yourself in face of the
obstructions
how to trust in yourself how to
trust yourself in the face of the
obstacles you face in society
and how you
and how do you see the presidential
reference
filed in the supreme court
regarding the senate elections
sir so i don’t have much read about
this but i believe that the difference
that is filed in supreme court about
senate election things should be done
on their proper time and once we try to
play with the system and tweak the
system for our vested interest it does
not serve the purpose
do you think supreme court
can
rule against
the
provision of the constitution what has
been specified there with regard to
elections
can supreme court overrule that
repeal that
i don’t feel it will overrule but it can
give some interpretation in such a way
that the process is not stopped it
carries on
what is
non-proliferation
nuclear non-proliferation treaty have
you heard of about it yes sir npt pd
what was
when was that
instituted
so i don’t remember the exact year but i
know it’s theme why was it done
why was this made yes yes
this was a purpose because at a time
when there was nuclear waste going on
among the competitors they came to this
npt non-nuclear non-proliferation treaty
that they should limit the number of the
nuclear arsenal to make this world a
peaceful and healthy to live in and they
would not they will not compete in
making the nuclear bombs or immunity
measures to compete with one another
this was a sense of this treaty
is Pakistan
Pakistan signed it ratified it
Pakistan is not reformed
Pakistan said that if Pakistan will
ratify it subject to condition that
india was ratified because they are in
the nuclear ways
but apart from this but apart from this
there are certain other reservations
also
this is not the only one that india has
signed it so
Pakistan will not sign it there are
few others also points others in this
case i cannot recall them exactly right
now but i believe there are these two
and and what is ctbt
a comprehensive test ban treaty and the
purpose of ctbt was to stop the testing
of the nuclear arsenal to and to make
sure that environment does not get
hazardous furthermore
to limit the damage to the environment
of all the tests whether done in the
question or online
the comprehensive test ban treaty ban on
the tests of users when was it executed
time frame otherwise you see 1960s or
70s no no
1996
and the non-proliferation that was 1968.
what is Pakistan’s nuclear doctrine
palestine’s nuclear doctrine has no
first use policy
no first use policy are you sure
yes
it has changed
it has gone beyond
no nucleophile
now it is full spectrum
go and have a look at it
and the possibility of first use of
nuclear weapons is there now
in the new policy
okay
what are tactical weapons
so i have no idea
okay
fart
what is
the difference what was the difference
between the philosophy of
so i believe dearborn were a bit
conservative as compared to lulamar and
they were open in their thoughts who has
founded nadua
so i don’t know exactly
would you like to tell me the three main
feature of mentor modular reforms
so there was a right of the separate
electorate for the muslims the first one
in 1909 which for the reforms were made
and then there was the partition of
there was an annulment no it was
before
main theme was separate trade i can
call that tell me two more features as
well
let me ask another how french president
is elected
so they have their counsel of the
members from which is elected
and who
elect this member of councils
what are the three
main feature plato ideal state so
let us either state states that the
philosopher king who should be the one
who should be ruling that
first of all he should be free from any
private interests that’s the first thing
second thing is that he should not have
any family because if that is a burden
you know he will not be able to
discharge his duties
and the third thing is that whatever he
is doing he should do so in public
interest and he gave a theory of
communism
which applies in this part of the state
of state
do you know that
in 1946 kadhiasm has accepted the
cabinet
mission or cabinet
proposal for united india
why did he accepted
this proposal for united india
i believe there was a last attempt to
make sure if there’s a possibility but
that did not survive
no of united india why nehru has
rejected the cabinet proposal
so i haven’t given a second read so i
cannot exactly comment on that my last
question is
that
many people believe
that the french revolution
was basically
this idea is basically taken from
american war of independence
oh
so the american war of independence took
place in 1776
so those people when they revolted
against the british
rule and then they also got encouraged
if people there they are also english
men both are english men and they are
evolving against one another for their
rights why can’t we do so so the french
evolution took inspiration from them no
basically the soldiers who have
participated on the side of american
once they return back
they ask the same demand equality and
democracy and few others then this
franchise revolution has been started
from there
they came back to france
okay
because
would you please tell us something about
iranian society
what i felt there is that young society
they mainly focus on their health that’s
the first one thing and second thing is
that
they focus on social activities a lot
and they are really the key towards
football
as and they like playing football a lot
and as far as other social things are
concerned they really give a
homage to their religious festival
festivals
like naros and like other festivals they
have in iran
and last thing is that they are peaceful
people they are
peace loving people
is there any similarity between nikola
tesla and ellen musk
so i believe there’s a striking
similarity first thing is that when we
read the lifestyle of nikola tesla he
faced so many hurdles in his life
and when i read the lifestyle of the
elon musk
at time he was so devastated that there
were all opponents against him his ideas
but now we see spacex collected the
tesla motors hyperloop paypal all these
are the functions which have been made
by elon musk and even he has named that
company in honor of tesla the tesla
motors
okay you told us that
turkish people they regard Pakistani
citizens
very much
why so is there any historical
connection to that
that
the brotherhood which turkish people
extend to Pakistan yes i asked this
exactly the same question to an old man
in turkey and he replied me with a very
nice answer he said that the khalafar
movement which took place in past and
that laffer movement even the women they
sold their jewelry to make sure that the
clubhouse does not
come to an end it should survive so at
that time in 19 in the before at the end
of first world war the Pakistanis and
the people of sub-continent they played
so much they took so much care of us and
so we need to also take care of our
brothers
and what was the azam opinion about
khilafat moment at that
time i cannot exactly recall but i
remember that he did not give much to it
even lamar can you call him he said that
yeah now the timer is not not there
okay one last question what are the
elements of good governance
so the very first element of good
governance is accountability and that
comes with responsibility so once
someone is made responsible he should be
made accountable for that there are
other elements yes sir then there’s rule
of law that comes next second then there
comes transparency
and moving on then there comes the
public service
element of an element of good
convenience