My name is Murk Laghari, a student of Sir Syed Kazim Ali, and I am from Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. I completed my graduation from the Department of Biotechnology at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro, in 2021.

My First CSS Attempt and the Academy That Let Me Down

After graduation, I decided to prepare for CSS and enrolled in a well-known academy near my area. The academy offered a four-month course, which, no doubt, helped me prepare for my subjects. However, my English writing skills barely improved, and I failed both the English Essay and Precis papers in my first attempt.

The result revealed a hard truth: my English writing lacked structure, coherence, and clarity, simply because the plan my academy followed to prepare me for these papers was fundamentally flawed. The staff arranged three or four lectures on essay writing from a CSP officer, and their approach was straightforward: just keep writing essays. What they perhaps failed to realize is that writing regularly can improve expression, but it cannot fix deep-rooted structural blunders. They expected that repetition alone would be enough to pass the Essay paper.

Lost Attempts, Self-Doubt, and Misguidance

My faults were clear, yet due to a lack of awareness and considerable misguidance, I kept struggling to produce well-structured essays, precis, and comprehension, and I consistently fell short. I began to despair and blame myself, convinced that I was simply incapable of passing the exam.

By the time my third attempt was approaching, I was mentally exhausted, having already lost two precious attempts. My confidence had eroded completely. I realized that the content I had memorized was of little use in the exam, and I lacked the expressive ability to generate ideas on my own.

Discovering Sir Syed Kazim Ali

It was in this state of confusion that I heard about Sir Syed Kazim Ali through his students. They claimed he was the best teacher in the country for CSS English writing skills. What further motivated me was learning that his students rarely fail the two most difficult CSS papers: Essay and Precis. So, I decided to join his online course without hesitation.

A Course That Started from the Basics and Built to Excellence

Fortunately, I was selected for his English Essay and Precis Course for CSS & PMS in  April 2025. His plan was, quite simply, the best I had ever encountered. He began the course by teaching fundamental English writing skills and gradually took us to an advanced level. I soon noticed that my long, redundant, and grammatically incorrect sentences were becoming precise, polished, and accurate. Sir Syed Kazim Ali also assigned regular writing tasks to evaluate each student’s individual progress.

Learning Essay Writing the Right Way

Once our foundational writing skills were in place, Sir Syed Kazim Ali moved on to teaching essay writing, and it was here that I truly realized how naive my earlier approach had been. I had been expecting myself to write an acceptable essay without even understanding its basic structure. His approach was refreshingly unique: rather than beginning with how to pass the essay, he started by teaching us how essays fail, so we could identify and avoid those very blunders. He broke down every step of essay writing with remarkable simplicity.

Soon, writing an essay became an enjoyable task rather than a dreaded one, because I understood exactly what each step required. His evaluation method further reinforced this learning, making students acutely aware of the mistakes that lead to failure.

Precis, Comprehension, and a New Perspective on CSS

When Sir Syed Kazim Ali began teaching Precis and Comprehension, I started to see the CSS examination in an entirely new light. I realized that it is not the papers themselves that make the exam difficult; it is the misguided path that most students take while preparing for them.

My Recommendation to Every Serious CSS Aspirant

Having gone through a painful journey, one marked by struggle, exhaustion, self-doubt, and lost years, I feel deeply that every CSS aspirant must understand the correct way to approach this exam.

For that reason, I strongly recommend Sir Syed Kazim Ali to all CSS aspirants, especially those who are serious about their goal and want to avoid wasting precious years chasing one-size-fits-all shortcuts offered by many academies and teachers.

Every student is unique, with their own way of understanding and their own pattern of mistakes, and that is precisely what makes tailored guidance so essential. Undoubtedly, Sir Syed Kazim Ali is the perfect mentor for this purpose, as he invests himself wholeheartedly in each and every student he teaches.