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| FPSC’s Official Response on News That CSS Exam Papers Were Leaked |
At the end of the weekend, the Federal Service Commission (FPSC) was heavily criticized over the issue of leaked documents of CSS examination questions. A person named Sadia Kousar leaked the documents about 20 days before the date of the examination.
The Incident
The lady posted English paper on January 26 whereas the particular paper was held on Feb 16. She additionally mentioned queries from the Current Affairs test on January 31. People claimed that these were identical queries that appeared within the paper. Rumors of secret social media groups also circulated to buy papers for Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 80,000. In return, students were given PIN codes to access the documents.
People took to the social media over the poor management of the FPSC and blamed the retired bureaucrats who were still employed by the department instead of academics. It had been instructed that if the leak was real, FPSC should be ashamed and leading management should be changed otherwise, action ought to be taken against Sadia Kousar under the cyber crime bill for spreading the incorrect info.
It was also stated that this was an attempt to undermine the prestige of CSS exams. The FIA has begun an investigation into the subject on Saturday. The FPSC Chairman, Naveed Akram Cheema, denied the allegations but said he couldn't comment on the matter.
FPSC's Official Response
Now, the FPSC has shared a press release as an official response to the leakage allegations,
“A news story has appeared in the press about the availability of guess/questions on social media related to two compulsory papers of CSS-2017 Exam, long before the actual conduct of the papers. It's been alleged that the particular queries within the papers were quite similar. It's emphasized that strong and foolproof mechanisms are in place to take care of secrecy and confidentiality of question papers as well as other related information at the Federal Public Service Commission. It is felt that certain quarters may be making an attempt to cast aspersions on the working of FPSC. The matter has been taken terribly seriously by the Commission and consequently noted to Federal Investigation Agency to probe and investigate the matter.”
FIA Investigation
The FIA is already at work on the matter and can take information records from PTV and NADRA over the CSS test leak matter. The lady’s Facebook record has been received for 10 of her 4856 friends. It's been found that four students named Shumaila, Farhan, Ahmed and Huma Anjum were in contact with Sadia Kousar and took papers from her.
Sadia Kousar additionally met with a crucial PTV official on Oct 16 and visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has also visited Baharat and Saudi Arabia in the past. Other information has unconcealed that she is known as ‘Jungle kay pir baba’ among her friends.
The FIA is hard at work on sorting out the reality behind the FPSC scandal.
