CSS Journey – CSS Times

“Nothing is impossible. Even the word itself says, I’M Possible.” (Audrey Hepburn )

I had experienced and observed this mindset in our Pakistani society that every parents wanted its children to be engineers or doctors. And for intelligent girls, being a doctor was the only choice. But I wanted to change this mindset through my own example. I wanted to make people expand their vision and explore the world full of new opportunities, talents and different fields. First, I quit my medical studies and joined the field of Botany to contribute in the field of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. After that, I also worked as a Data Analyst in the field of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

My CSS Journey By Dr Hina Sikander (CSS Officer)

“When asked the question What’s ColdWar? back in October 2016, I answered it to be some war fought in winters. That’s where I stood and fast forward 2-3 months, I appeared in CSS exams and passed it in my maiden attempt. (Disclaimer: This is not your random inspirational story regarding CSS )

I have always been a blessed person; have had an excellent academic career all my life, excelled in speeches/debates and other co-curricular activities as well. Allah has always been very kind to me, Alhumdullilah.

I am (rather “was”) a dentist by profession. I was doing my housejob when I came across the idea of doing CSS. I was lucky enough to find a sincere friend who guided me throughout. (Thank you, Abrar!) My preparation during these 2-3 months was very unconventional. Now people ask me which subjects to choose, which books to follow; I can never give them the right answer. I, almost, ‘randomly’ chose the subjects who I thought were interesting, least aware of the scoring trends. I actually didn’t study from any book at all. I joined no academy, went to no teacher, took no mock exams. It was just me and my laptop for those 2 months.

My Road to CSS: Fatima Tariq (49th CTP)

My CSS Journey By Dr Hina Sikander (CSS Officer)