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Case of Kashmir (By: Dr. Zeeshan Khan)

Case of Kashmir by Dr. Zeeshan Khan Essay for CSS

In September 2018, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi takes the floor at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and makes a speech far more direct than most in the audience expect. “We seek resolution of disputes through a serious and comprehensive dialogue that covers all issues of concern. We were to meet on the sidelines of this UNGA Session to talk about all issues with India- India called off dialogue the third time for the Modi Government – each time on flimsy grounds. They preferred politics over peace.

They used the pretext of stamps issued months ago, of a Kashmiri activist and depicting grave human rights violations, including pellet gun victims, as an excuse to back out from the talks. Dialogue is the only way to address long standing issues that have long bedeviled South Asia, and prevented the region from realising its true potential,” he stated.

Recent fuel to fire was the terrorist act of Indian Forces direct shooting at demonstrators in Pulwama region of Indian Occupied Kashmir claimed the lives of a number of innocent citizens.

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Good Governance Essay Outline & Introduction | (CSS Paper-2016)

Essay outline Good Governance for cSS

Good Governance Essay Outline

Introduction

Key attributes of good governance

  • Transparency
  • Responsibility
  • Accountability
  • Participation&
  • Responsiveness

How are good governance and human rights linked?

  • Democratic institutions
  • Service delivery
  • Rule of law
  • Anti-corruption

Good Governance in Pakistan

Brief History of Governance in Pakistan

Causes of Bad Governance

  • Lack of accountability
  • Absence of rule of law
  • Incompetent politicians and martial laws
  • Relentless corruption
  • Corrupt politicians
  • No system of check & balance in the constitution
  • Limited power of judiciary
  • Negative role of bureaucracy
  • Many social, political and economic problems due to bad governance

Suggestions

  • Check & balance on politicians
  • Democratic process should be fair
  • Effective accountability
  • Independence of judiciary
  • Promote education to create awareness
  • Strengthen democracy
  • Amendment in the constitution to ensure good governance

Conclusion

EXPECTED QUESTIONS

  • Define Good Governance. Why did Governance fail in Pakistan?
  • What are the various pre-requisite of Good Governance?
  • Give some practical measures to implement Good Governance in Pakistan?

Good Governance ESSAY (Introduction)

“Gender equality is more than a goal in itself It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.-Kofi Annan

Good governance has been said at various times to encompass: full respect of human rights, the rule of law, effective participation, multi-actor partnerships, political pluralism, transparent and accountable processes and institutions, an efficient and effective public sector, legitimacy, access to knowledge, information and education, political empowerment of people, equity, sustainability, and attitudes and values that foster responsibility, solidarity and tolerance.

Good governance relates to political and institutional processes and outcomes that are deemed necessary to achieve the goals of development. It has been said that good governance is the process whereby public institutions conduct public affairs, manage public resources and guarantee the realization of human rights in a manner essentially free of abuse and corruption, and with due regard for the rule of law. The true test of “good” governance is the degree to which it delivers on the promise of human rights: civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. The key question is: are the institutions of governance effectively guaranteeing the right to health, adequate housing, sufficient food, quality education, fair justice and personal security?

The concept of good governance has been clarified by the work of the former Commission on Human Rights. In its resolution 2000/64, the Commission identified the key attributes of good governance:

Transparency, responsibility, accountability, participation & responsiveness (to the needs of the people)

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Profile of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by: Qurat ul Ain (1st in PMS 2017)

Profile of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

Profile of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by: Qurat ul Ain (1st in PMS 2017)

Profile of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)| Introduction

Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) was born in 570 CE (Common Era) in the city of Mecca in the Arabian Peninsula, part of modern day Saudi Arabia. As his father had died shortly after marriage, his grandfather ‘Abd al-Muttalib became his guardian. ‘Abd al-Muttalib was the respected head of the clan of Hashim and the tribe of Quraysh, to which his clan belonged. With the Quraysh being the biggest and most influential tribe in Mecca, ‘Abd al-Muttalib was seen as the master of all of Mecca. The Quraysh had a special status in Mecca because they used to be in charge of the sacred Ka’ba. The Qur’an tells us that this holy edifice was built by Prophets Abraham and his son Ishmael: Profile of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

And when Abraham and Ishmael were raising the foundations of the House [Abraham prayed]: “Our Lord! Accept from us; surely You are the Hearing, the Knowing (2.127). Our Lord! Make us Muslims and raise from our offspring a nation of Muslims. Show us our ways of worship, and relent toward us. Surely, Your are the Relenting, the Merciful” (2.128).

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A Critical Précis Characteristics (By: NICS)

A Critical Précis Characteristics

When assigned to write a critical précis, make sure you understand its characteristics which are:

  1. A précis is a critical summary of writing abstracts.
  2. A précis is NOT re-writing or interpretation of the original.
  3. It is NOT written with words from the original, though you are welcome to use some quotes if appropriate.
  4. It summarizes the content of the original.
  5. A précis reveals a meaning of the original and explains its value.
  6. As a rule, a précis is 1/4 of the original in length, except as noted.
  7. It follows the standard format: an author’s thesis and methods he uses to represent it, results, and conclusion.
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Industrial and Agricultural Revolution | Notes for CSS / PMS

Industrial and Agricultural Revolution for CSS Exams Pakistan

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. This process began in Britain in the 18th century and from there spread to other parts of the world. Although used earlier by French writers, the term Industrial Revolution was first popularized by the English economic historian Arnold Toynbee (1852–83) to describe Britain’s economic development from 1760 to 1840. Since Toynbee’s time the term has been more broadly applied.

The main features involved in the Industrial Revolution were technological, socioeconomic, and cultural. The technological changes included the following:

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Status of Gender Studies in Pakistan (CSS 2016 Solved Question) | CSS Notes

Status of Women Studies in Pakistan

Q. Write a note on status of women’s studies in Pakistan and give your views on the autonomy/integration debate in Women’s Studies. (CSS-2016)

Women were a big portion of population around the globe and they had been deprived of economic and social development. As a weaker or second sex, the woman had been kept away from the main stream objectives in societies.

In Pakistan, women access to property, education and employment remained lower than men because Pakistani society was predominantly patriarchal and here women participation in society was low in percentage.

Despite improvement in Pakistan’s literacy rate, educational status of Pakistani women was the lowest in the world. The literacy rate of urban women was five times higher than that of rural women.

The emerging changes are the women studies considered the way that describes the status in the same manner in Pakistan and it is being represented by the whole world. The biggest approach of Women in Development approach is the ways that endorse the women studies and even the literature required for the reduction of gaps between social outcomes in both sex. The roles or responsibilities required at women and men perspective is being presented by the material required for the effective material diversification in Pakistan.

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English Grammar Solved MCQs Sentence Completion (Prepositions)

English Grammar Solved MCQs Sentence Completion (Prepositions)

Choose the appropriate preposition form from the given options to fill in the blanks below.

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English Grammar MCQs For: CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS, OTS, BTS, PPSC, FPSC and all other relevant Exams

01. The book has __________ 300 pages.
(a) for
(b) around
(c) between
(d) through
Answer: (b)

02. They went off ___________ the wide world, so their parents didn’t see them again.
(a) over
(b) to
(c) into
(d) through
Answer: (c)

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Core Values of Public Administration

Core Values of Public Administrations

Responsiveness and Quality

Reforms acquire legitimacy to the extent that they are able to deal with this perceived failing. But what citizens expect is less easy to define. They want more efficient and effective service delivery, certainly, and this puts the administration and the citizens in a provider-consumer relationship. But they also demand freedom and equity, which presupposes that the government will protect “the public interest”. Service delivery thus gains a central role. Some common elements have been identified as essential to sustained, responsive service delivery.

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Essay Outline and Intro: Corruption in Pakistan

Corruption Essay Outlines

Corruption in Pakistan is on the decline, as Transparency International Berlin released its annual global report 2015 showing Pakistan further improving its ranking from the 50th most corrupt country in 2014 to 53rd in 2015. The political will of the government to fight corruption is lacking which has resulted in the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take suo-moto action against mega corruption in NlCL, Pakistan Steel, Rental Power Plants. The CPI 2010 reveals that corruption in Pakistan is increasing, while in Bangladesh it is decreasing. Bangladesh was perceived to be the most corrupt country in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and its ranking in 2010 is the 39th most corrupt country. Reduced corruption has paid dividends to Bangladesh whose annual GDP growth last year was over 5%, while Pakistan’s GDP growth last year was near 2.4 %. Delay in formation of an Independent Accountability Commission by the parliament may further aggravate the situation.

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Essay Outline: China Pakistan Energy Corridor (CPEC)

China Pakistan Economic Coridor CPEC Essay for CSS

The CPEC is a 3,000-kilometre network of roads, railways and pipelines to transport oil and gas from Gwadar Port to Kashgar city, northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China Daily reports. China and Pakistan have agreed to build One Belt One Road project more commonly known as China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is expected to bring about both peace and prosperity in South Asia. This corridor will link between Kashgar in north-western China to Pakistan’s Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea near the border with Iran via roads, railways and pipelines. There are many internal and external challenges for Pakistan government to implement this multi-dollars project. However, it is a game changer project which will transforn1 the fate of Pakistan and will help Pakistan modernize. It will improve the economy and trade, enhance regional connectivity, overcome energy crises, develop infrastructure and establish people to people contacts in both the countries.

Proposed by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to Pakistan in May 2013, the CPEC will act as a bridge for the new Maritin1e Silk Route that envisages linking three billion people in Asia, Africa and Europe.

The project links China’s strategy to develop its western region with Pakistan’s focus on boosting its economy, including the infrastructure construction of Gwadar Port, together with some energy cooperatton and investment programmes. It also involves road and railway construction including an upgrade of the 1,300-km Karakoram Highway, the highest paved international road in the world which connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountains.

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