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.

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (FPSC)

Website: www.fpsc.gov.pk Email: fpsc@fpsc.gov.pk Tel: +92-51-9205075, Fax: +92-51-9213386

Jan-Mar, 2013

24th issue

Website:

Patron : Malik Asif Hayat Chief Editor : Mr. Bilal Anwar

Chairman Secretary

Editor : Mian Muhammad Sarwar

Director General (Research)

Inside :

•••• Message from the Chairman 2 •••• Recruitment Rules 5

•••• Chairman and Members of the Commission 2 •••• General Recruitment for Ex-Cadre Positions 5

•••• New Chairman for FPSC 3 •••• Ministry/Division/Department wise Selection 6

•••• Chairman FPSC Called on the President 3 •••• Use of IT in Recruitment Process 6

•••• Chairman’s Meeting with Prime Minister 3 •••• Redressal of Grievances of Candidates 7

•••• Appointments in the Commission 3 •••• Human Resource Development 7

•••• Commission Meeting 3 •••• Upcoming Events for 2nd

quarter of 2013 7

•••• Meeting of the Central Selection Board (CSB) 4 Back Cover:

•••• CSS Competitive Examination updates 4 •••• FPSC Provincial and Regional Offices 8

•••• Final Passing Out Examination 5 •••• FPSC Information Centres 8

FPSC Newsletter

A Quarterly Chronicle of Federal Public Service Commission Islamabad

A view of meeting of Chairman FPSC Malik Asif Hayat with Prime Minister of Pakistan Raja Pervez Ashraf at PM House,

Islamabad on 30th January 2013

Chairman FPSC Malik Asif Hayat called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr on 28

th January 2013

President Asif Ali Zardari Administered the Oath to Malik Asif Hayat as the Chairman FPSC on 09th

January 2013

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The best resource of Pakistan is Human resource. Being fully cognizant of the need to highlight the quality of human capital, the FPSC considers it imperative and foremost to carry out recruitments of qualified individuals with a spirit of fairness, justice and transparency based on strict adherence to merit. It is, indeed, a mission for us to observe the above principles and ensure that integrity and sanctity of the system is respected. The Quarterly Newsletter of FPSC mirrors all of its activities to carry out recruitments to select the best qualified for Federal Government. Evolving the best system to recruit the most qualified is a continuous process. Therefore, we must strive for improving the system with changing times. FPSC has undertaken to launch all recruitments through Online Application System from next quarter. The online application system will offer convenience to the applicants in general recruitment cases. They will not be required to furnish copies of documents at the

time of online applications, which can be done on 24/7 basis rather than just within specific office timings. Online applications will have the facility of receiving instant confirmation and will be able to receive SMS intimations also. The launching of online application system will streamline the process and facilitate the applicants which will significantly reduce processing time of cases as well. New CSS Competitive Examination Reforms are also under active consideration of the Commission where in Preliminary Examination based on MCQs will be conducted before CSS Examination for screening out of the ill-prepared candidates and speed up the selection process within a year.

The Commission is focussing on reforming the parameters of merit ensuring transparency in the recruitment process and looking for new ideas/reforms from all its stakeholders to improve its functioning and future implementation in the Commission.

Message from the Chairman FPSC Malik Asif Hayat

Malik Asif Hayat (Chairman)

Mr. Muhammad Ahmed Mian (Member)

Dr. Kaneez Sughra Junejo (Member)

Mr. Naguib Ullah Malik (Member)

Mr. Ghalib Ud Din (Member)

Major. General (Retd) Niaz Muhammad Khan Khattak

(Member)

Mr. Mansoor Suhail (Member)

Mr. Moin-ul-Islam Bokhari (Member)

Mrs. Batool Iqbal Qureshi (Member)

Mr. Abdul Wajid Rana (Member)

Mr. Muhammad Ayub Qazi (Member)

Chairman and Members of the Commission

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New Chairman for FPSC

Malik Asif Hayat an officer of the Police Service of

Pakistan and serving as Secretary to the President of

Pakistan has assumed charge of the Office of the

Chairman FPSC on 9th January 2013, after retirement

of former Chairman Mr. Justice Rana Bhagwandas

on 16th December, 2012. President Asif Ali Zardari

administered the Oath of office to Malik Asif Hayat at

a ceremony held at Presidential camp office (Bilawal

House), Karachi. Oath taking ceremony was attended

by Federal/Provincial Ministers and other high

ranking Civil and Military dignitaries.

Chairman FPSC Called on the President of Pakistan Chairman FPSC Malik Asif Hayat called on the

President of Pakistan at Aiwan-e-Sadr Islamabad on

28th January 2013. The President congratulated Malik

Asif Hayat on his joining the new assignment as

Chairman FPSC and expressed the hope that with

his vast experience in civil services, he would bring

about qualitative improvements in the functioning of

FPSC as well as the Civil Services of Pakistan.

Chairman’s Meeting with Prime Minister of Pakistan Chairman FPSC Malik Asif Hayat called on the

Prime, Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, at the PM’s

House on 30th January 2013. The Prime Minister

congratulated Malik Asif Hayat on assuming the

Office of Chairman Federal Public Service

Commission. He expressed the hope that FPSC will

benefit from his abilities and vast experience in civil

service to ensure that FPSC carries out its work as

provided in the Constitution. The Prime Minister

underscored the critical role of FPSC in merit based

recruitment policy making, selection and career

planning of Government Servants. He assured the

new Chairman FPSC of Government’s full support in

his endeavours. The Chairman FPSC also discussed

various matters relating to the Commission.

Appointments in the Commission i) Mr. Abdul Wajid Rana, retired

Secretary Finance (BS-22), joined

FPSC as Member on 18.02.2013.

Chairman FPSC administered the

Oath of office to Mr. Abdul Wajid

Rana.

ii) Mr. Muhammad Ayub Qazi,

retired Principal Secretary to Prime

Minister (BS-22), joined FPSC as

Member on 22-03-2013. Chairman

FPSC administered the Oath of

office to Mr. Muhammad Ayub Qazi.

Retiring Member

Mr. Muhammad Ahmad Mian Member

FPSC, after completing three years

tenure, relinquished the charge of

Office of Member FPSC on 18th March

2013. The Commission highly

appreciated his valuable policy efforts and

commendable services for the cause of public service

and the Commission.

Transfer

Mr. Abdul Jalil a BS-20 officer of

Pakistan Administrative Service,

appointed in FPSC on deputation as

DG (Admn) was relieved from FPSC

on 15th March 2013 on his promotion

to join National Education Foundation as Managing

Director (BS-21).

Important decisions taken in the Commission’s Meeting

The Commission in its meeting held in 18th February

2013, at FPSC (HQs) Islamabad, which was presided

over by Malik Asif Hayat Chairman FPSC, discussed in

detail agenda items related to Reforms in General

Recruitment for Ex-cadre Positions as well as CSS

Competitive Examination and made following

decisions:

(i) Reforms in General Recruitment

• Press note for awareness of the intending

candidates and general public for Online submission of

applications to be issued in March, 2013 and

application submission for jobs through Online to be

completely activated w.e.f. next quarter.

• The applicants, who do not have access to

internet facility, would be allowed to submit their

applications on plain paper giving detailed particulars,

and intimating difficulties in submitting Online

applications, addressed to Secretary FPSC who will

seek approval of the Commission. This facility will be

valid for a period of six months i.e. from 15th April to

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15th October, 2013 after which no hard copy of

application will be accepted by the Commission.

• To determine the eligibility of the candidates

for posts requiring experience, the candidates short

listed through written Tests (MCQs), at the ratio of 1:5

for merit vacancies and 1:3 for Provincial/Regional

quotas vacancies, will be required to furnish requisite

documents within 15 days of the receipt of intimation

from the Commission.

• Candidates found ineligible for Interview and

rejected on account of deficiencies in required

documents and experience will be given a right of

Personal Hearing after the Interview on the same day.

• A Committee of two Members of the FPSC will

dispose off the representations filed by the candidates.

(ii) Reforms in CSS Competitive Examination

• CSS Competitive Examination will comprise

Screening Test, Main Examination (including

Compulsory/ Optional subjects), Psychological

Assessment & Viva-Voce:

• Screening Test, based on MCQs, prior to CSS

Competitive Examination to be conducted for

Screening Out of the ill prepared candidates.

• Syllabus for Screening Test comprises two papers, one paper on “General Abilities” and the other on “General Studies” is proposed by the Commission.

• Answer Scripts of Screening Test will be marked on OMR and result will be announced within 15 days of conduct of Examination.

• Candidates who qualify the Screening Test as

per standard set by the Commission will be eligible to

appear in CSS Examination.

Meeting of the Central Selection Board (CSB)

Presided by the Chairman FPSC

After joining the FPSC as Chairman, Malik Asif Hayat

presided over the meeting of the Central Selection

Board (CSB) on 11th to 14th February 2013 held at

Establishment Division. The CSB considered cases of

promotion of officers from BS-19 to BS-20 & BS-20 to

BS-21. About 450 officers were recommended related

to Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS), Police

Service of Pakistan (PSP), Foreign Service of Pakistan

(FSP), Information Group (IG), Audit & Accounts Group

(PAAS), Customs & Excise Group, Commerce & Trade

Group, Secretariat Group, Postal Services and Ex-

cadre Officers of various Ministries/Departments.

CSS COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION UPDATES

Competitive Examination 2012

i) Medical Examination

Medical Examination of candidates of CSS Competitive

Examination-2012, who were deferred or remained

absent in first phase, was held in second phase on

27-03-2013 at Islamabad.

ii) Psychological Assessment and Viva Voce

Psychological Assessment of 389 candidates and

Viva Voce of 572 candidates qualified in written

Examination-2012 was completed in first quarter of

2013, as detailed below:-

Centre Psychological

Assessment

Viva Voce

Schedule

No. of

Candidates

Islamabad

(Phase- I)

Completed in

December 2012

15-01-2013 to

08-02-2013

178

Peshawar 08-01-2013 to

17-01-2013

19-02-2013 to

22-02-2013

54

Karachi 22-01-2013 to

13-02-2013

05-03-2013 to

14-03-2013

118

Lahore

(Phase-I)

19-02-2013 to

16-03-2013

25-03-2013 to

06-04-2013

174

Multan 1-03-2013 to

29-03-2013

To be Continued

in April 2013

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Psychological Assessment and Viva Voce of the

remaining 227 candidates will be scheduled in

Phase-II, which is likely to be completed upto 3rd

week of May, 2013.

Competitive Examination 2013

Written part of the CSS Competitive Examination,

2013 was conducted simultaneously at 21 cities from

23.02.2013 to 09.03.2013 and in all 11447

candidates appeared in the examination.

Centre wise break up of the registered and appeared

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candidates was as under:-

Name of centre No. of registered

candidates

No. of appeared

candidates

Abbottabad 335 229

Bahawalpur 240 165

D.G.Khan 73 54

D.I.Khan 160 120

Faisalabad 568 381

Gilgit 45 26

Gujranwala 358 258

Hyderabad 760 539

Islamabad 2252 1592

Karachi 1516 1098

Lahore 4594 3395

Larkana 235 157

Multan 543 373

Muzaffarabad 105 69

Okara 150 108

Peshawar 1898 1305

Quetta 537 409

Rawalpindi 886 631

Sargodha 300 220

Sialkot 147 108

Sukkur 296 210

Total 15998 11447

Final Passing Out Examinations The Commission conducted following Final Passing Out

Examinations of CSS Probationer Officers who

completed Specialized Training Programmes (STP) for

different Groups/Services, during 1st quarter of 2013:

S. No.

Group/Service Appeared Absent Passed Failed

1. Foreign Service of Pakistan

42 -

Result Awaited

2. Information Group 12 -

3. Police Service of Pakistan

23 01

4. Office Management Group

46 03

Recruitment Rules

During Janruary-March,2013, Commission approved

recruitment rules for 15 fresh cases and 24 revised

cases of various posts in Ministry of Defence,

Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis, Ministry of

Environment, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural

Resources, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Housing

and Works, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Human

Rights, Ministry of Ports and Shipping, Ministry of

Information and Broad Costing, Ministry of Foreign

Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of

Railways, Capital Administrative and Development

Division(CADD), Prime Minister’s Secretariat (Public),

Federal Public Service Commission, GB Council

Secretariat, National Archives, Intelligence Bureau,

AGPR and Federal Board of Revenue, while 14

cases of Recruitment Rules were under process

during the period under report.

General Recruitment for Ex-Cadre Positions

During the quarter January-March 2013, following

activities were performed for recruitment against ex-

cadre positions in various Ministries/Divisions/

Departments.

i. Advertisements

FPSC released 03 consolidated advertisements for

623 posts in BS-16 and above which were

requisitioned by various Ministries/Divisions/

Departments during 1st quarter of 2013.

ii. Schemes and Syllabi for Professional/ Screening Tests

Test Schemes and Syllabi for 63 recruitment cases

were finalized during the first quarter of the year 2013

in consultation with concerned Ministries/ Divisions/

Departments and after approval of the Commission,

these were placed on FPSC website for advance

information of the candidates.

iii. Conduct of Professional/Screening Tests

Professional/Screening Tests Phase-I/2013 for Ex-

cadre posts in BS-16 to BS-19 were conducted from

18-02-2013 to 21-02-2013 at Islamabad, Karachi,

Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Sukkur, D.I Khan

and Gilgit. Out of 15640 applicants, 11796

candidates appeared in these tests.

iv. Interviews conducted by the Commission for

Ex-Cadre Positions

During the quarter January-March, 2013, the

Commission conducted interviews of 146 short listed

candidates against 59 posts and made

recommendations for 38 posts in BS-16 to 21. Failure

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against 21 posts was reported. The main cause of

failure was non qualification of interview by the

candidates. Brief positions of various posts are as

under:-

v. 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 requests from concerned Ministries/

Divisions/ Departments recommended 25 alternate

nominees 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 January-March 2013:-

Ministry/Division/

Department

Basic Pay Scales

16 17 18 19 Total

Ministry of Defence 09 05 01 01 16

Ministry of Housing and

Works

-- 01 -- -- 01

Ministry of Interior -- 01 -- -- 01

Ministry of Religious Affairs 04 -- -- -- 04

Ministry of Railways -- 04 02 -- 06

Cabinet Division 02 -- -- -- 02

Capital Administration and

Development Division

-- -- -- 04 04

Planning and Development

Division

-- -- -- 01 01

GB & Kashmir Affairs -- 01 -- -- 01

Gilgit Baltistan Council

Secretariat

-- 02 -- -- 02

Total 15 14 03 06 38

Use of IT in Recruitment Process

i) General Recruitment

During the period January-March 2013, Commission

received 21132 applications, in response to

consolidated advertisements No.12/2012 & 1,

2/2013, which were processed by I.T Wing. Summary

bio-data of 157 candidates were produced for

conduct of interviews. Admission Certificates,

Attendance List/ Sheets and other required reports

pertaining to 15640 candidates called for

Professional/ Screening Tests Phase-01/2013 were

generated.

ii) Competitive Examination 2013

IT Wing processed 15,998 applications for CE-2013.

Timetable, admission certificates, attendance lists/

sheets and other required reports were generated for

conduct of CSS Competitive Examination 2013 at

various stations.

iii) Online Services

a) Application Submission of General Recruitment

In response to consolidated advertisement no. 01,

02& 03/2013, total numbers of 42,876 applications

were received Online which were processed by IT

Wing.

b) Admission Certificate Information

Facility to view Online admission certificate

particulars, including roll no, date and time of the

test, centre detail etc was provided for CE-2013

and General Recruitment of Professional/

Screening Test Phase-1/2013. Hardcopy of the

admission certificate were also generated and

dispatched to the candidates through postal

service.

iv) SMS Based Information Delivery System

During the period under report, 28,519 SMS were

sent to the candidates on their given mobile phone in

respect of major events, including schedule of tests,

interviews and Personal Hearings, etc.

v) Online Recruitment System of FPSC

The PC-1 of Online Recruitment System (Phase-II) of

FPSC was finalized and forwarded to Electronic

Government Directorate. The PC-1 has been

approved by the Department Development Working

Party (DDWP) in its meeting held on 18-03-2013.

BS Posts

Finalized Applicants

Called for Interviews

Nominations made

Failure report

16 17 717 50 15 02

17 17 1317 57 14 03

18 11 29 6 03 08

19 13 69 31 06 07

20 0 0 0 0 0

21 1 2 2 0 01

Total 59 2134 146 38 21

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vi) Workshop on Information Communication

Technology

A workshop on Information Communication

Technology was hosted by Union Public Service

Commission of India from 22-24 March 2013, at New

Delhi. Secretary FPSC and Chief (IT) attended the

workshop. A presentation on “Information

Communication Technology (ICT) implementation at

FPSC” was made by Chief (IT) in the workshop.

vii) Website Management

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

important source of information dissemination to the

general public as well as candidates of various posts.

All major events, advertisements, pre-selections,

recommendations etc. were duly uploaded on the

website well in time.

Redressal of Grievances of Candidates

Candidates aggrieved by the Commissions’ decisions

have a right to make Representations/ Review

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

FPSC Ordinance 1977. Any candidate who is not

satisfied with final decision of the Commission has

the right to prefer an appeal in the High Court as per

territorial jurisdiction of the Court. Appeals/Petitions

submitted by the candidates mainly relating to

Competitive Examinations, Section Officers

Promotional Examination and HR cases etc are sub-

judice at various Forums/Courts of Law. On 31st

December 2012, total 309 such cases were pending

in various Courts of Law. During the period January-

March 2013, total 29 new cases were instituted

against the Commission while 03 cases were decided

by various Courts of Law.

Human Resource Development Human Resource Development is very important to

improve efficiency of the staff. To enhance the

capacity of the FPSC employees, following Officers

participated in job-related Workshop on

“Organizational Development and Change

Management “conducted at Establishment Division

from 28.1.2013 to 1.2.2013.

S.No. Name of Officer

1. Mr.Tahir Iqbal, Chief (I.T) (BS-20)

2. Mr. Pir Muhammad Ishaq, Director Legal (BS-19)

Appointments By promotion

Mr. Riaz Ahmad Private Secretary (BS-17) was promoted to Private Secretary (BS-18) w.e.f 24.05.2012 vide Notification No.F.3-12/2008-HR-I, dated 28.3.2013.

Mr. Farooq Ahmad Hassan, Website Manager (BS-17) was promoted as Quality Assurance Officer (BS-18) against deputation vacancy and assumed charge of the said post on 27.03.2013

Mr. Muhammad Riaz System Operator (BS-16) was promoted as Data Control Officer (BS-17) and assumed charge of said post on 27.3.2013

Officer Retired from FPSC

Mr. Muhammad Asif, Data Control Officer (BS-17) retired on 03-03-2013 having reached the age of superannuation.

Upcoming Events for 2nd Quarter of 2013

•••• Conduct of Psychological Assessment and Viva Voce of remaining candidates of CE 2012 to be completed up to 3rd week of May 2013.

•••• Announcement of final result of CE-2012

•••• Distribution of vacancies C.E.2012 amongst the Provincial/Regional/Women/Minorities quota.

•••• Conduct of Final Passing Out Examination for various Occupational Groups/Services.

•••• Scrutiny of the candidates appeared in CSS Competitive Examination 2013.

•••• Conduct of Professional/Screening Tests Phase-II/ 2013.

•••• Launching of 100% Online submission of applications of General Recruitment for Ex-Cadre Posts.

•••• Interview programmes for various Ex-Cadre positions are scheduled to be conducted in 2nd quarter of the year at HQS and Provincial Offices of the Commission.

•••• Processing of Personal Hearing of rejected candidates.

•••• Development of Test schemes and syllabi for various recruitment cases to be advertised by the Commission.

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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.1437/5, Sarwor Street, Galaxy Twon Bosan Road Multan Ph. No. 061-6536500

Sukkur: Banglow No.B-85, Sukkur 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, Konodas Eidgah Road, Gilgit City 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