Fraudulent practices should be cracked down upon with an iron fist in order to set the right precedent.
RAWALPINDI: The recent report about fraud and corruption in the conduct of CSS examinations has tarnished the credibility of a highly prestigious examination of the country. It is worthwhile here to mention that students and working professionals from across the country toil hard and put in money, effort and invaluable time to sit for these competitive examinations. Being amongst the candidates sitting for the CSS 2013 examinations, I can understand the anguish and distress that thousands of other test-takers would be facing.
The sordid state of our economy, accompanied by the unprecedented unemployment and inflation rates, are pushing even the educated youth towards illegal and wrongful means of earning their livelihoods, which is evident in the surge in petty crimes across the urban landscape of our country. Such unscrupulous and fraudulent practices should be cracked down upon with an iron fist in order to set the right precedent, discouraging such behaviour in the future. However, the authorities concerned have, until now, turned a blind eye to such blatant cases of forgery and corruption, while the perpetrators are busy sweeping the matter under the carpet.
Mustafa Z Chaudhary
Published in The Express Tribune, April 19th, 2013.
