A Group view of delegates participated in 3rd

Meeting of Chiefs of Public/Civil Service Commission of SAARC Member States held on 10-12

th January 2014 at Colombo Srilanka.

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A Group view of delegates participating in 3rd

meeting of Chiefs of Public/Civil Service Commissions of SAARC Member states held on 10

th-12

thJanuary 2014 at Colombo, Srilanka.

Inside • Message from the

Chairman

• Members of the Commission

• Farewell to Outgoing Members

• Meeting of the Chiefs of Public/Civil Service Commissions of SAARC Member States

• Committee on Reforming the CSS Competitive Examination and Syllabi

• Meeting of the Central Selection Board (CSB)

• CSS Competitive Examination updates

• Final Passing Out Examination

• Recruitment Rules for ex-cadre positions

• General Recruitment for ex-cadre positions

• Ministry/Division/ Department wise selection

• Use of IT in FPSC recruitment and selection system

• Redressal of grievances of candidates

• Appointments in FPSC

• Human Resource Development

• Upcoming Events for 2nd

quarter of 2014

Back Cover

• FPSC Headquarter, Provincial and Regional Offices

• FPSC Information Centres

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January- March, 2014 28th issue

Patron

Malik Asif Hayat

Chairman

Chief Editor

Mr. Naveed Salimi Secretary

Editor

Mian Muhammad Sarwar Director General (Research)

Sub- Editor

Mr. Saeed Ahmad Deputy Director (Research)

FPSC Newsletter

A Quarterly Chronicle of Federal Public Service Commission Islamabad

Chairman FPSC Malik Asif Hayat speaking at farewell dinner in honour of outgoing Members of the Commission

Candidates attempting CSS Competitive Examination at FPSC HQs Islamabad

The Commission ensures selections, recruitments and appointments of persons on merit through

equal opportunity and does not allow any personal interest or any other factor to influence the

official conduct and performance of its functions.

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Mr. Abdul Wajid Rana (Member)

Mr. Muhammad Ayub Qazi (Member)

Civil Service plays a pivotal role

towards socio-economic as well

as infra-structure development

of the country. Therefore, it is

our endeavour to select the

best and the brightest young

men and women as civil

servants who could serve the people on the basis

of their potentialities like intellectual strength,

professional capabilities and leadership qualities.

Federal Public Service Commission is rightly

geared towards making such selection based on

an objectively structured merit-based competitive

system of examination.

The Commission is worried on the situation of

declining standard of education which is reflected

through the result indicators in CSS as well as

general recruitment. It is also a well considered

fact that only quality education could produce

quality civil service. The vital item thinking seems

missing in mental capabilities of our young

people. Critical and analytical thinking does not

come naturally, it has to be taught and learned.

To streamline our vision and selection of

qualitative civil service for federal government,

reforms in the civil service recruitments, in CSS

as well as in general recruitment , its syllabi and

examination system, are under process in line

with the systems in other leading Countries of the

World. We are not only discovering new skills for

organising examination systems as well as

updating the subject contents but also reviewing

the list of subjects, Our objective shall be to

provide future civil servants by competition with

maximum proficiency and aware of their

responsibilities for transit of service delivery to the

nation.

We shall greatly appreciate cooperation

and support of all stakeholders in our quest for

reforms and improvements in this task of

social change and bolstering standard.

Major. General (Retd)

Niaz Muhammad Khan Khattak (Member)

Mr. Mansoor Suhail (Member)

Mr. Moin-ul-Islam Bokhari (Member)

Mrs. Batool Iqbal Qureshi (Member)

Mr. Amjad Nazir (Member)

Message from the Chairman FPSC

Malik Asif Hayat

Mr. Imtiaz Hussain Qazi (Member)

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Farewell to Outgoing Members The Chairman, Members and Senior Officers of the

Commission arranged a farewell party at Marriott

Hotel Islamabad in the honour of two outgoing

Members of the Commission i.e.Mr.Naguibullah Malik

and Mr.Ghalib ud Din who relinquished the charge, of

their offices on 2nd and 5th January 2014 respectively,

after completing their three years tenure of

appointment. The Commission expressed profound

sense of admiration for their efforts, policy inputs and

commendable services for selection of quality human

resource for the public service.

Meeting of the Chiefs of Public/Civil Service Commissions of SAARC Member States. At the invitation of Government of Srilanka, 3rd

meeting of the Chiefs of Public/Civil Service

Commissions of SAARC Member States was held

from 10th-12th January 2014 at Colombo,Srilanka.

Delegates from Member States participated in the

meeting. Malik Asif Hayat Chairman FPSC

represented Pakistan in the meeting.

In opening session welcome address was delivered

by Prof. Dayasiri Fernando, Chairman, Public Service

Commission, Srilanka. In his address, he welcomed

the delegates and affirmed the Meeting a historic

occasion for Srilanka. He also stated that this platform

provides us with an opportunity to reflect and share

our achievements and aspirations among one another

to ensure a vibrant, effective and a professional

Public Service in the SAARC countries. Mr. Dhan

Bahadur Oli, Director, SAARC Secretariat delivered

the inaugural address and requested the Member

States representatives to elect Chairperson for the 3rd

Meeting. As per previous practice, Prof. Dayasiri

Fernando, Chairman Public Service Commission

Srilanka was elected as Chairperson of the Meeting.

Malik Asif Hayat Chairman FPSC (Pakistan) in his

address welcomed the delegates and greeted

Chairman Public Service Commission of Srilanka for

hosting the 3rd Meeting and wished the Meeting

success. Chief guest, of the occasion Dr. Sarath

Amanugama, Senior Minister of International

Monetary Cooperation and Deputy Minister of

Finance and Planning, in his address, emphasized

the need to find out ways and means to get the best

results of a bureaucratic model of public servant to

achieve the desired goals. He also dwelled upon the

need to view the option of Public Service/Private

Sector and the important role of civil services in

eradication of poverty in the region. The Meeting

discussed implementations/ recommendations of 2nd

Meeting held at Islamabad and expressed their

satisfaction. On presentation the research report

“Comparative study of Public/Civil Service

Commission of SAARC Member States”, it was

decided to suggest SHRDC Secretariat Islamabad for

incorporation of additional changes/data if any, from

Member States before final report is published. The

Meeting expressed thanks to UPSC India for holding

workshop on ICT and endorsed program/activities of

the forum for the year 2014 offered by SAARC

Member States. The Meeting welcomed the offer of

Bangladesh to host the 4th Meeting of Chiefs of

Public/Civil Service Commissions of SAARC Member

States in Dhaka, Bangladesh at the end of 2014.

Committee on Reforming the CSS Competitive Examination and Syllabi

The Chairman FPSC re-constituted a Committee,

pursuant to Section 7-A of the FPSC Ordinance,

1977, vide office order No.F.7-5/2008-HR-I dated 15th

January, 2014, comprising Mr. Mansoor

Suhail(Chairman), Mr. Abdul Wajid Rana (Member)

and Mian Muhammad Sarwar DG (Research), co-

opted Member/Secretary of the Committee to study

the existing system and submit a report on reforming

the CSS Competitive Examination and its syllabi. The

Committee drafted the revised syllabi on the basis of

inputs received from subject specialists, generally the

Head of Departments of relevant subject, from various

Universities in Pakistan. The Committee held three

meetings with Subject Experts nominated by the

Higher Education Commission at its Regional Centre,

Lahore, to vet the proposed updated syllabi and to

seek their suggestion for improvement of syllabi.

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These meetings were quite productive. Additionally,

the Committee relied on the weightage worked out for

each optional subject in terms of its relevance to

current system of CSS Examination and recruitment

to various Occupational Groups and Services on the

basis of responses received from Specialized

Trainings Academies of respective Groups. The

Committee also perused the recommendations made

by various Commissions and Working Groups in the

past to firm up its recommendations.

Meeting of the Central Selection Board (CSB) Chairman FPSC, Malik Asif Hayat presided over the

meeting of the Central Selection Board (CSB) on 11th

to 13th February 2014 held at Establishment Division.

The CSB considered cases of promotion from BS-19

to BS-20 & BS-20 to BS-21. About 150 officers were

recommended for promotion relating to Pakistan

Administrative Service (PAS), Police Service of

Pakistan (PSP), Foreign Service of Pakistan (FSP),

Information Group (IG), Pakistan Audit & Accounts

Service (PAAS), Pakistan Customs Service,

Commerce & Trade Group, Secretariat Group, Postal

Group, Railways Group and Ex-cadre Officers of

various Ministries / Departments.

CSS Competitive Examination Updates i) Medical Examination

Medical Examination of written qualified candidates in

CSS Competitive Examination-2013 was held at

Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Karachi and Quetta

scheduled from 06th February to 18th February 2014.

ii) Psychological Assessment and Viva Voce of

Competitive Examination 2013.

Psychological Assessment and Viva Voce of 234

candidates qualified in written part of Competitive

Examination-2013 was held as detailed below:- Centre Psychological

Assessment Viva Voce Schedule

No. of Candidates

Islamabad (Phase- I) 13-12-2013 to

31-12-2013

06-01-2014 to 07-01-2014

and 16.01.2014 to 18.01.2014

54

Lahore (Phase-I)

02-01-2014 to 08-01-2014

22-01-2014 to 26-01-2014

46

Multan 13-01-2014 to 14-01-2014

26-02-2014 to 27-02-2014

16

Karachi 21-01-2014 to 23-01-2014

06-02-2014 to 08-02-2014

22

Peshawar 31-01-2014 to 03-02-2014

17.02.2014 to 18.02.2014

16

Lahore (Phase-II)

10.02.2014 to 12.02.2014 and 20.02.2014 to 22.02.2014

10.03.2014 to 14.03.2014

37

Quetta 28.02.2014

28.03.2014 to 29.03.2014

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Islamabad (Phase- II)

25.03.2014 to 31.03.2014

To be continued In April 2014

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iii) Competitive Examination 2014

The written part of Competitive Examination-2014

was held simultaneously at 21 cities in 160 sub-

centres, from 15-02-2014 to 28-02-2014. Total 24,640

applications were received whereas 13,169

candidates (53.44%) appeared in the Examination.

The centre wise breakup of registered and present

candidates is as under:-

Centre Registered

Candidates

Appeared Candidates

Abbottabad 637 305

Bahawalpur 340 176

D.G.Khan 134 65

D.I.Khan 281 129

Faisalabad 911 470

Gilgit 111 61

Gujranwala 585 304

Hyderabad 1176 678

Islamabad 3306 1697

Karachi 2141 1188

Lahore 6500 3688

Larkana 336 201

Multan 938 485

Muzaffarabad 121 65

Okara 246 124

Peshawar 3295 1542

Quetta 887 520

Rawalpindi 1493 799

Sargodha 515 277

Sialkot 247 134

Sukkur 440 261

Total 24640 13169 (53.44%)

Final Passing Out Examinations

The Commission conducted Final Passing Out

Examinations of 40th CTP Batch of CSS Probationer

Officers who completed Specialized Training

Programmes (STP) for different Groups/Services

during 1st quarter of 2014. Four candidates remained

absent and 03 were granted deferment. Details are

given below:

S. No.

Group/Service Appeared Absent Deferment granted

1. Postal Group 11 - -

2. Inland Revenue Service 70 01 01

3. Foreign Service of Pakistan

23 - -

4. Police Service of Pakistan

21 - -

5. Information Group 07 01 01

6. Office Management Group

70 02 01

The results of above mentioned examinations were

awaited by end of 1st quarter of 2014.

A View of Final Passing Out Examination held on 31.03.2014 at FPSC Headquarter Islamabad.

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Recruitment Rules for Ex-Cadre Positions

The Commission approved recruitment rules for 17

fresh cases and 39 revised cases of various posts

referred by Ministries/Divisions, which include

Defence, Education & Training, Housing and Works,

Ports and Shipping, Railways, Petroleum & Natural

Resources, Law, Justice & Human Rights,

Commerce, Interior, Foreign Affairs, Science &

Technology, KA & NA, CADD, Establishment

Division, Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan Division,

Statistics Division, Poultry Production Division(GB),

NIPA(Lahore), FIA, FPSC, FBR, PM(Secretariat),

National Savings, GB Secretariat, AJ&K Council,

Federal Board of Revenue, Marine Fisheries

Department (Karachi) and different departments

under administration of (GB). Recruitment Rules of 22

cases were in process during the period under report.

General Recruitment for Ex-Cadre Positions

The Commission processed following activities for

recruitment against ex-cadre positions in various

Ministries/Divisions/Departments during the 1st quarter

(January-March) 2014.

i) Advertisements

The Commission released 02 consolidated

advertisements via press/ online services for 215

posts in BS-16 & above, which were requisitioned by

various Ministries/Divisions/ Departments, during the

1st quarter of 2014.

ii) Schemes and Syllabi for Professional/ Screening Tests

Test Schemes and Syllabi for 56 recruitment cases

against 215 posts were finalized during the 1st quarter

of the year by Curriculum & Research Wing. After

approval of the Commission, these were placed on

FPSC website for advance information of the

candidates.

iii) Interviews conducted by the Commission for Ex-Cadre Positions

The Commission, during 1st quarter of 2014,

conducted interviews of 225 short listed candidates

against 94 posts and made recommendations of 64

candidates for various posts in BS-16 to BS-19. The

FPSC reported failure to the requisitioning

Departments/Ministries on 30 posts, due to

insufficient response, etc. The main causes of failure

were non-availability of eligible candidates from

specific region/quota and non-qualification of

interview by the candidates. Statistics on various

posts are as under:-

Basic

Scale

Posts

Finalized Applicants

Called for

Interviews

Nominations

made

Failure

reported

16 14 1381 35 9 5

17 60 3804 174 50 10

18 15 224 12 3 12

19 15 20 4 2 3

Total 94 5429 225 64 30

iv) Alternate Nominations Occasionally, the principal nominees recommended by

the Commission for different position(s) do not join for

one reason or the other. The Commission on receipt of

such reports from concerned Ministries/ Divisions/

Departments, recommended 10 alternate nominees

against recruitment in BS-16 to BS-18, who were next

on merit in waiting list, for different recruitment cases.

Ministry/Division/Department-wise Selection

Selection of Officers in BS-16 & above for various

posts was made in following Ministries/Divisions/

Departments during the period under report:-

Ministry/Division/

Department

Basic Scales

16 17 18 19 Total

Ministry of Defence 1 0 0 0 01

Ministry of Narcotics Control 1 0 0 0 01

Ministry of Petroleum &

Natural Resources 0 0 3 0 03

Ministry of Railways 0 12 0 0 12

Ministry of Water & Power 0 02 0 0 02

Capital Administration and Development Division

0 20 0 2 22

Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan Division

4 16 0 0 20

Federal Board of Revenue 1 0 0 0 01

Federal Public Service

Commission 2 0 0 0 02

Total 9 50 3 2 64

Interview being conducted by the Commission for the post of Assistant Head Master on 10.02.2014 at Islamabad.

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Use of IT in FPSC Recruitment and Selection system

i) General Recruitment

The Commission received 72,925 applications during

the period January-March 2014, in response to

consolidated advertisement Nos. 01 & 02 of 2014

which were processed by the I.T Wing of FPSC. In

addition Summary bio-data of preselected candidates

were produced for conduct of interviews of shortlisted

candidates.

ii) Competitive Examination

CSS software module was updated to incorporate

improvements in the process of CSS Competitive

Examination-2014. Reports relating to CSS were also

generated inline with revised SOPs.

iii) Professional & Promotional Examinations

Different reports relating to admission certificate,

attendance lists/sheets for FPO Examinations of 07

Services/Groups were generated.

iv) Online Services

a. Online Applications for General Recruitment

In response to consolidated advertisement No.

01 & 02/2014, total 72,786 application were

received online which indicates great trust on

FPSC to introduce use of IT by the candidates to

apply online

b. Admission Certificate Information

Facility to view online admission certificate for

written examination particulars, including roll no,

date and time of the test, centre detail etc. was

provided for CSS Competitive Examination-2014.

Admission certificates of candidates were placed

online and candidates were provided the facility

to get the print of same as well.

v) SMS Based Information Delivery System

During the period under report, 87,480 SMS were sent

to the candidates on their cell phone numbers

regarding major events, including acknowledging their

online applications, schedule of tests, interviews and

personal hearings, etc.

vi) IT Training

IT Orientation Programme was scheduled with an

objective to impart basic computer training to all

Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors of the

Commission.

vii) Provision of Data to Control Room

During the conduct of CSS Competitive Examination

2014, all relevant data was provided to control room

enabling them to respond to the queries/ issues

emerging at various centres throughout Pakistan

viii) Website Management

FPSC’s website www.fpsc.gov.pk has been an

important online service for information dissemination

to the general public as well as candidates applying

for various posts. All major events relating to

placement of consolidated advertisement

No.1&2/2014 for inviting applications online,

placement of interview programme, syllabi, Press

release, FPSC Annual Reports and Newsletters.

Details of information centres of FPSC etc and FAQ’s

were duly uploaded on the FPSC website.

Redressal of Grievances of Candidates

Candidates aggrieved by the Commissions’ decisions

have the right to make Representations/ Review

Petitions to the Commission under Section 7(3) of the

FPSC Ordinance 1977, besides having recourse to

other legal remedies. Appeals/Petitions submitted by

the candidates are mainly relating to matters of

Recruitment Cases, Competitive Examination, SOPE

and HR Cases, etc. which are sub-judice at various

Forums/Courts of Law. Detail of such cases is as

under:

Forum/Court As on

31.12.2013

Filed during

01.01.2014

To

31.03.2014

Total Decided

during

01.01.2014

to 31.03.2014

Pending

as on 31.03.2014

A B C=(A+B) D E=(C-D)

Supreme Court of Pakistan

23 04 27 - 27

Supreme Appellate Court, Gilgit-

Baltistan

01 - 01 - 01

Islamabad

High Court 150 11 161 02 159

Lahore High Court

44 16 60 01 59

High Court of Sindh 30 02 32 - 32

Peshawar High Court

19 03 22 - 22

High Court of

Balochistan 02 01 03 01 02

Federal

Service Tribunal

Islamabad

44 - 44 - 44

Chief Court

Gilgit Baltistan/NA

10 02 12 01 11

AJK High Court

04 - 04 - 04

Civil Courts/Misc

02 01 03 - 03

Total 329 40 369 05 364

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Appointments in FPSC

Following appointments and promotions in the

Commission were made during the period January-

March, 2014.

Member FPSC:

Mr. Imtiaz Hussain Qazi joined

FPSC as Member on 06thJanuary,

2014. Chairman, FPSC administered

the Oath of Office to Mr. Imtiaz

Hussain Qazi in a graceful ceremony attended by

Members and Senior Officers of FPSC.

Appointments By selection/promotion

Mr. Amjad Khan was appointed as Assistant

Network Administrator (BS-16) and he

assumed charge of the said post on

21.01.2014.

Mr. Muhammad Mursaleen Assistant In

charge (BS-15) was promoted as Deputy

Assistant Director (BS-16) and he assumed

the charge of the said post on 27-03-2014.

Appointment by Current Charge

Mrs. Sarwat Habib Director (BS-19) was

given Current Charge of the post of

Director General (BS-20) w.e.f.10.02.2014.

Mr. Muhammad Azad Khan, Data Control

Officer, (BS-17) was given extension in

Current Charge of the post of System

Analyst (BS-18) w.e.f. 02.02.2014

Officers/Officials Retired/Left the Commission

Mr. Muhammad Siddique Sajid, Director

(BS-19) retired on 01.03.2014 on reaching

the age of superannuation.

Mr. Sain Faqir, Deputy Director (BS-18)

retired on 20.02.2014 on reaching the age

of superannuation.

Mr. Muhammad Asghar, Assistant Director

(BS-17) retired on 20.02.2014 on reaching

the age of superannuation.

Human Resource Development

Human Resource Development is pivotal towards

improving efficiency of the employees. To enhance

the capacity of the FPSC employees, following

Officers were recommended to participate in job-

related trainings:-

Name of Officer Course & Duration

Mr. Abdul Saboor

Nizamani,

Director General (BS-20)

100th National

Management Course

w. e .f 07-02-2014

at Lahore.

Mr. M.A.Rehan,

Assistant Director(BS-17)

Five days (Part-Time)

training on “Organizational

Behaviour ” from 6-10th

January,2014 at PMI

Islamabad

Mr. Adnan Abbasi,

Assistant Director (BS-17)

Four days (Part-Time)

training on “Maintaining

High Performance at Work

Place” from 7-10th January,

2014 at STI Islamabad

Upcoming Events for 2nd Quarter of 2014

•••• Announcement of final result of CSS Competitive

Examination-2013.

•••• Allocation of finally qualified candidates of CSS

Competitive Examination-2013

•••• Conduct of Psychological Assessment and Viva

Voce for Armed Forces Inductees of CE-2013.

•••• Conduct of Final Passing Out examinations 2014.

•••• Conduct of Professional / Screening Test (Phase-

I/2014) scheduled from 20th April 2014.

•••• Processing of Personal Hearing of rejected

candidates.

•••• 152nd Meeting of the Commission.

•••• Conduct of Interviews for Ex-cadre positions in 2nd

quarter of the year 2014 at HQ’s and provincial

offices of the Commission.

•••• Development of Test schemes and syllabi for

various recruitment cases.

•••• Revision of syllabi for CSS Competitive

Examination-2015.

•••• Finalization of FPSC Annual Report 2013.

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Provincial Offices of the Commission

Lahore: 31-Civic Centre, Mustafa Town, Wahdat Road Lahore.

Ph. No.042-99260201, Fax No. 042 99260205

Karachi: HM-2 Bath Island, Karachi.

Ph.No.02199250926, Fax No. 021-99250159.

Peshawar: House No.29, behind Rehman Medical Complex, Sector B-2 Phase-V, Hayatabad, Peshawar,

Ph. No. 091-9217337, Fax No.091-9217869.

Quetta: House No.758/ A/ A-2, Sharah Samungali Jinnah Town, Quetta,

Ph. No. 081-9202955, Fax No.081-9201304

Regional Offices of the Commission

Multan: House No.A-1437/5, Sarwar Street, Galaxy Town, Bosan Road, Multan .Ph. No. 061-6536500

Sukkur: Banglow No.B-85, Co-operative Housing Society, Shikharpur Road, Sukkur, Ph.No.071-5630510

D.I.Khan: Awan House 23/C, South Circular Road, Near Faqirni Gate D.I.Khan. Ph. No. 0966-9280284

Gilgit: KH-88, Eidgah Road, Konodas, Gilgit, Ph.No.05811-920687

FPSC Information Centres

Bahawalpur: Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Ph. No. 0621-9250238

Faisalabad: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Ph. No. 041-9200645

D.G Khan: Post Graduate College, Jampur Road, D.G. Khan Ph. No. 064-9260380

Jamshoro: University of Sindh, Jamshoro Ph. No. 022-2771681-9

Khairpur: Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Ph. No. 0243-9280288

Chitral: Government Degree College Chitral, Ph. No. 0943-412682

Muzaffarabad: AJK Public Service Commission, Old Civil Sectt., Muzaffarabad

Ph. No. 058810-920214

Larkana: Govt. Degree College, Nazar Road, Larkana. Ph. No. 074-9410551 Mirpur khas: S.A.L Govt. Degree Science College Mirpur Khas (Sindh) Ph: 02333-9290236