CSS Past Papers 2015-2020

2025-2021 | 2020-2015 | 2014-2010 | 2009-2005  |  2004-2000

2020

  1. Do we really need literature in our lives

  2. Women universities as agents of change.

  3. Pakistan and the future of Kashmir cause.

  4. Polarized politics: the issues and challenges of democracy in Pakistan.

  5. Global power dynamics and Pakistan’s foreign policy.

  6. Pakistan’s informal economy: the way forward.

  7. Promoting tourism in Pakistan: opportunities and challenges.

  8. I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.

  9. Is Pakistan ready for digital revolution?

  10. IMF bailouts: roads to stability or recipes for disaster.

2019

  1. Let there be more light in the corridors of worship places.
  2. New war fronts lie in economic zones.
  3. Urdu literature and Progressive Movement.
  4. Art for peace.
  5. Truth is lived, not taught.
  6. New waves of feminism and our culture.
  7. Democracy and Illiteracy do not move together.
  8. Sometimes we do not see what we see.
  9. Expanding Information Technology; A curse or blessing.
  10. Classrooms decide the future of the nation.

2018

  1. 1. Real development should transform people’s lives, not just economic statistics.
    2. Higher Education in Pakistan: Ills and Remedies.
    3. Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
    4. China – Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its Socio-economic Implications for the Region and the World.
    5. Beware the barrenness of a busy life!
    6. The Emerging Power of Social Media: Prospects and Problems.
    7. In the fight against terrorism and corruption, it is imperative not to compromise human rights and civil liberties.
    8. The threat of Global Warming and the ways to counter it.
    9. Will “Rule of law” always remain an impracticable myth in our country?
    10. Democracy in Pakistan: Hopes and Hurdles.

2017

  1. Is colonial mentality impeding Pakistan’s progress?
  2. BREXIT means globalization is the rhetoric of the privileged, and capitalism will return ferociously as ever.
  3. More and more International military engagements by the United Nations; is the world moving towards peace?
  4. Modernity is an unending project.
  5. Feminism is not really a Third World issue.
  6. Literature is a lonely planet of idealists.
  7. Being a minority is a fate no one wants. Can nationalism be really inclusive?
  8. Ideologies thrive on notions of resistance, yet change is a simulation.
  9. Are modern wars not holy wars?
  10. Life without controversy is no life. But why one should not choose the safe haven of conformism?

2016

  1. World as a global village: Learning to live together.
  2. We have to learn to be our own best friends, because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.
  3. Water crisis and national unity.
  4. The place of Urdu in Pakistan and Supreme Court’s ruling on making Urdu the official language of the country.
  5. Crisis of good governance in Pakistan: Need for reforms and institution building.
  6. Promotion of tax culture in Pakistan: Perspective, prospects and challenges.
  7. Gender equality is a myth!
  8. The creation of new provinces in Pakistan: Implications for an integrated country.
  9. Does foreign aid help to achieve economic stability?
  10. Frailty, thy name is woman

2015

  1. The war on terror has contributed to the growing abuse of human rights.
  2. Anticipation is often greater than realization.
  3. Punctuality is the virtue of bored.
  4. The introduction of new digital technologies has radically altered identities.
  5. In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
  6. I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say.
  7. Luxury predecessors become the necessity of successors.
  8. When life throws you lemons, make lemonade.
  9. Government should eliminate subsidies and incentives for manufacturers and consumers of electric cars as they are costly and do not do enough to protect the environment.
  10. Labor-saving devices are more troublesome than they are worth.

2025-2021 | 2020-2015 | 2014-2010 | 2009-2005  |  2004-2000

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