Member FPSC Mr.Naguib Ullah Malik presiding over a meeting with students of NUST who visited FPSC on 23.12.2013

Secretary FPSC presiding over a meeting with Managing Director Pakistan Post Foundation on 25

th November 2013 at FPSC (HQs)

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.

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

October- December, 2013

27th issue

Patron : Malik Asif Hayat Chief Editor: Mr. Naveed Salimi Chairman Secretary

Editor : Mian Muhammad Sarwar Sub- Editor: Mr. Saeed Ahmad Director General (Research) Deputy Director (Research)

Inside :

•••• Message from the Chairman 2 •••• General Recruitment for ex-cadre positions 5

•••• Members of the Commission 2 •••• Ministry/Division/Department wise selection 5

•••• FPSC Chairman called on President of Pakistan 3 •••• Activities of IT in recruitment system of FPSC 6

•••• Visit of M.D Pakistan Post Foundation to FPSC HQs. 3 •••• Redressal of grievances of candidates 6

•••• Visit of a Group of Students from NUST to FPSC 3 •••• Appointments in FPSC 7

•••• Human Resource Development 7

•••• Meeting of Subject Specialists for revision of syllabi

for CSS Competitive Examination

3 Upcoming Events for 1st quarter of 2014 7

Back Cover: •••• CSS Competitive Examination updates 4

•••• Psychological Assessment of C.E-2013 4 •••• FPSC Provincial and Regional Offices 8

•••• Recruitment Rules for ex-cadre positions 4 •••• FPSC Information Centres 8

FPSC Newsletter

A Quarterly Chronicle of Federal Public Service Commission Islamabad

A view of 151st meeting of the Commission on 28

th October, 2013 at FPSC Headquarter Islamabad

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Mr. Abdul Wajid Rana (Member)

Mr. Muhammad Ayub Qazi (Member)

It is imperative for Pakistan to

face the challenge of keeping

pace with rapid socio-political

and economic developments

around the world. Institutional

and systemic transformation can

play a leading role in creating an

environment of change and optimization of

resources. The role of civil services cannot be

over-emphasized in this context. The FPSC, as the

premier institution entrusted with the task of

recruiting the best to serve the nation in the civil

services has a special responsibility. We are

convinced that by strict adherence to merit and by

maintaining a certain standard, the FPSC can

contribute to effective service delivery to general

public.

It is a well considered policy of the

Commission that merit must not be compromised.

There are phases in our recruitment process,

when we fail to attract the very best in the civil

service. However, that in no way should mean

that the FPSC should settle for accepting below

the standard civil servants.

We are also proud to accept the

challenge of bringing about due reforms in the

civil service recruitments. The FPSC has,

therefore, initiated a process of reforms in line

with the systems in other leading countries of the

world. We are not only updating the subject

contents but also reviewing the list of subjects

with a view to facing the demands of modern

times. Our objective shall be to provide level

playing field to all candidates with a view to

promoting fair competition.

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.

Members of the Commission

Message from the Chairman FPSC

Malik Asif Hayat

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. Amjad Nazir (Member)

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Chairman FPSC Malik Asif Hayat called on President Mr.Mamnoon Hussain on 28-11-2013 at Aiwan-e-Sadar Islamabad.

Subject Specialist meeting held on 16-12-2013 at HEC Regional Centre Lahore

FPSC Chairman Called on President of Pakistan

Malik Asif Hayat Chairman Federal Public Service

Commission, called on President of Pakistan

Mr. Mamnoon Hussain on 28th November 2013 at

Aiwan-e-Sadr Islamabad. He briefed the President

about the functions and performance of the

Commission. The President appreciated the role

being played by the FPSC and strongly supported its

policy of strict adherence to merit in the recruitment of

officers for the Federal Government.

Visit of MD Pakistan Post Foundation to FPSC The Managing Director of Pakistan Post

Foundation visited FPSC Headquarter on 25th

November, 2013. The Secretary and senior officers

of FPSC attended the meeting. Various agenda

items relating to mutual cooperation and exploring

possibility of collaboration to offer efficient, cost

effective customized and need based solutions

between the two organizations were discussed in

detail. The participants expressed the hope that

mutual cooperation shall continue in future also.

Visit of a Group of Students from NUST to FPSC

A group of students under the supervision of their

teacher Ms Nazia Malik from National University of

Science & Technology (NUST) Islamabad visited

FPSC on 23rd December 2013 and held a meeting

with the team of FPSC headed by Mr. Naguib Ullah

Malik, Member FPSC. The Member welcomed the

visiting team and expressed that the meeting will

prove a better forum for exchange of views and

sharing of experiences with future intending

candidates. DG (Research) briefed the visiting team

on salient features of the recruitment system of

FPSC with special focus on initiatives taken by the

Commission for Online recruitments for CSS and

General Recruitment to ex-cadre posts. The spokes

person of the students presented a brief on their

research study pertaining to proposed reforms for

recruitment system for CSS Examination with a

special focus on the Online recruitment system. The

participants appreciated the role being played by

FPSC for the cause of transparent selection of

qualified and talented youth for good governance in

civil services.

Meeting of Subject Specialists for revision of syllabi for CSS Competitive Examination In pursuance of initiatives taken by the FPSC to

improve the syllabi for CSS Competitive

Examination in collaboration with Higher Education

Commission, a meeting of experts in different

disciplines was arranged on 16th December, 2013 at

HEC Regional Centre Lahore, to review the syllabi

and suggested readings for optional subjects

included in CSS Competitive Examination. Mr.

Naguib Ullah Malik, Member FPSC presided over

the meeting. He welcomed the participants from

HEC and subject specialists from various

educational institutions. He emphasized the need for

revision of the present syllabi for CSS Competitive

Examination that was reviewed almost 30 years

back. The contents of subjects included in CSS

Competitive Examination need to be revised and

updated while adding latest course contents of

relevant disciplines. The Executive Director of HEC,

Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad also joined the meeting

through a video conference system and endorsed

efforts and inputs by the participants for their

deliberations on the National task for improvement

of future civil services. HEC representatives offered

valuable suggestions to achieve the desired

objectives. The participants appreciated the steps

being taken by the FPSC to improve the syllabi for

CSS Competitive Examination and discussed

various aspects of the agenda items. It was decided

that contents of the subjects and suggested

readings be updated by the experts and sent to the

FPSC. The participants desired that such useful

interaction on this forum, relating to revision of

syllabi for CSS Competitive Examination, should be

continued in future also.

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Psychological Assessment Group activities in progress at FPSC Head Quarter Islamabad.

CSS Competitive Examination Updates

i) Re-allocation in Competitive Examination 2012.

In compliance with order of the Supreme Court of

Pakistan in CPLA filed by FPSC against the Order

and the judgement of Balochistan High Court,

following 04 candidates of C.E-2012, belonging to

Balochistan quota, were allocated:-

Merit No. Name of Candidates Group Allocated

283 Muhammad Hayat MLCG

312 Mohammad Taqui RCTG

330 Muhammad Hashim Shah OMG

358 Muhammad Aurangzaib

Durrani OMG

On intimation by the Establishment Division, FPSC

made following re-allocations against the vacancies

caused due to non-acceptance of Groups/Services

as well as non joining the CTP by some nominees:-

Roll No.

Merit No. Name/Domicile

Group allocated

Previous Present

13737 96 Mr.Abdullah Irshad

(Punjab) PAAS IRS

7089 107 Khawar Basheer Ahmad

(Punjab)

OMG

(G. Merit)

PAAS

Punjab Merit

13101 111 Haseeb Shahbaz Amin

(Punjab)

OMG

Punjab Merit

OMG

Gen. Merit

6683 148 Hafiz Shahzad Masood

(Punjab) --

OMG

Punjab. Merit

6775 149 Hassan Sarfraz

(Punjab) --

Postal. G

Punjab. Merit

7197 150 Malik Samiullah Khan

(Punjab) --

OMG

Punjab Merit

6080 151 Amna Shuja

(Punjab)

OMG

F.M Quota

OMG

Punjab Merit

6841 181 Humera Amir

(Punjab) Postal. G OMG

6516 185 Farwa Abbas

(Punjab) Postal. G OMG

13631 195 Syeda Naila Batool

(Pubjab) -- Postal. G

11273 326 Maryam Khalid

(Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

OMG

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Merit Quota

IG

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Merit Quota

11424 338 Muhammad Faridoon

(Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) --

OMG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Merit Quota

2577 429 Asma Noureen

(AJK) -- Postal. G

1636 461 Abdul Rahim Khan

Sindh (U)

IG

Against

Sindh (U)

Merit Quota

OMG

Against

Sindh (U)

Merit Quota

11782 533 Raeesa Attache

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -- Postal. G

5081 661 Naushaba

Sindh (U)

Postal. G

Against women quota

Postal. G

Against Singh(U) merit

quota

ii) Competitive Examination 2013

The Result of written part of the Competitive

Examiantion-2013 was announced on 20.11.2013.

Out of a total of 11,447 candidates who appeared,

238(2.09%) candidates qualified the said

examination.

iii) Competitive Examination 2014

A public notice inviting applications from the

intending candidates for CSS Competitive

Examination 2014 was published in all the daily

newspapers on 01.10.2013. It was also placed on

FPSC’s website mentioning that the application forms

will be available w.e.f. 01.10.2013 whereas the last

date for submission of application was 31.10.2013. In

all 24,637 applications were received. Centre-wise

detail is given below:-

Name of

Centre

No. of

Registered

Candidates

Name of

Centre

No. of

Registered

Candidates

Abbottabad 637 Larkana 335

Bahawalpur 340 Multan 938

D.G.Khan 134 Muzaffarabad 121

D.I.Khan 281 Okara 246

Faisalabad 911 Peshawar 3293

Gilgit 111 Quetta 887

Gujranwala 586 Rawalpindi 1493

Hyderabad 1176 Sargodha 515

Islamabad 3305 Sialkot 247

Karachi 2141 Sukkur 440

Lahore 6500 Total 24637

Psychological Assessment of CE-2013

Psychological Assessment of written qualified

candidates of CSS C.E-2013 (Phase-I) was

scheduled to be held w.e.f 13.12.2013 at HQ’s

Islamabad and Assessment report of 54 candidates

was processed to Viva Voce Board of the

Commission.

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Recruitment Rules for Ex-Cadre Positions

The Commission approved recruitment rules for 17

fresh cases and 23 revised cases of various posts

referred by Ministries/Divisions which include

Defence, Education & Training, Housing and Works,

Ports and Shipping, Railways, GB Secretariat,

Poultry Production Division, Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit

Baltistan Division, Statistics Division, AJ&K Council,

Federal Board of Revenue, Marine Fisheries

Department (Karachi), GB Council Secretariat,

Planning & Development (GB) and Drug Control

under administration of (GB) . Recruitment Rules of

07 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 4th

quarter (October-December) 2013.

i. Advertisements The Commission released 02 consolidated

advertisements via press/ online services for 132

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

various Ministries/Divisions/ Departments, during the

4th quarter of 2013.

ii.Schemes and Syllabi for Professional/ Screening Tests

Test Schemes and Syllabi for 43 recruitment cases

against 132 posts were finalized during the 4th

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. Conduct of Professional/Screening Tests

The Commission conducted Professional/Screening

Tests (Phase-VI /2013) for ex-cadre posts in BS-16

to BS-19 from December 29 to January 02, 2014, at

Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta,

Multan, Sukkur, D.I Khan and Gilgit. Out of 22,113

applicants, 9524 (43%) candidates appeared in

these tests.

iv. Interviews conducted by the Commission for Ex-Cadre Positions

The Commission, during 4th quarter of 2013,

conducted interviews of 607 short listed candidates

against 238 posts and made recommendations of

169 candidates for various posts in BS-16 & above.

The FPSC reported failure to the requisitioning

Departments/Ministries on 69 cases, 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 report

16 64 10371 169 55 9

17 102 12182 336 84 18

18 45 991 83 23 22

19 15 20 0 0 15

21 12 47 19 7 5

Total 238 23611 607 169 69

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 requests from concerned Ministries/

Divisions/ Departments recommended 14 alternate

nominees against recruitment in BS-16 to BS-18,

who were next on merit in waiting list, for different

recruitment cases.

v) 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 21 Total

Ministry of Defence 45 19 02 66

Ministry of Housing and Works -- 03 -- 03

Ministry of Interior 01 -- -- 01

Ministry of Law Justice

& Parliamentary Affairs

-- -- -- 07 07

Ministry of Narcotics Control 02 15 01 -- 18

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural

Resources

-- 10 -- -- 10

Ministry of Ports & Shipping 01 -- -- -- 01

Ministry of Railways -- 32 -- -- 32

CADD 05 04 13 -- 22

Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan -- -- 05 -- 05

Planning &Development Division -- -- 02 -- 02

Federal Government Organization 01 -- -- -- 01

Federal Public Service Commission -- 01 -- -- 01

Total 55 84 23 07 169

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Activities of IT in Recruitment System of FPSC

i) General Recruitment

The Commission received 21472 applications during

the period October-December 2013, in response to

consolidated advertisement Nos. 10 & 11 of 2013

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

Summary bio-data of 725 candidates were produced

for conduct of interviews. Attendance Lists/ Sheets

and other required reports pertaining to 22113

candidates, called for Professional/ Screening Tests

Phase-VI of 2013, were also generated.

ii) Competitive Examination

Applications of 24,637 candidates received for CSS

Competitive Examination-2014 were processed.

Various reports regarding pre-examination outputs

for CSS-2014 were generated. Summary bio data

of 238 written qualified candidates of CSS

Competitive Examination 2013 were processed for

Viva Voce Board for interviews.

iii) Professional & Promotional Examination

Results of final passing out examination of various

groups/services were processed and mark sheets

pertaining to 92 candidates of FPO examinations,

150 candidates of SOPE-2012, were generated.

iv) Online Services

a. Online Applications for General Recruitment

In response to consolidated advertisement

No. 10 & 11/2013, total 21289 applications were

received online, whereas, 183 applications were

received on manual form.

b. Admission Certification Information

Facility to view online admission certificate

particulars, including roll no, date and time of the

test, centre detail etc. was provided for general

recruitment professional/ screening test Phase-VI

of 2013. Admission certificates of candidates

were placed online and candidates were provided

the facility to get print the same as well.

v) SMS Based Information Delivery System

During the period under report, 25757 SMS were

sent to the candidates on their cell phone numbers

regarding major events, including their schedule of

tests, interviews and personal hearings, etc.

vi) 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 107 press release/circulars, tender

notices, time table, admission certificates, challan

forms, scheme of syllabi of advertisement No.10 &

11 of general recruitment phase-VI/2013, interview

programmes, (notices/syllabus/application form) for

promotional examination for the post of Assistant

Director (Research), schedule of FPOE(40th CTP),

notification for grant of age relaxation to the

employees of strategic organizations , result of CE-

2013 (pass & fail), schedule of Psychological

Assessment of C.E-2013 for Islamabad, Lahore and

Multan centres, Annual Reports, Newsletters of

FPSC, list and addresses of information centres of

FPSC, advertisements, pre-selections, etc. 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

01.10.2013

Filed during

the

01.10.2013

To

31.12.2013

Total Decided during

01.10.2013 to

31.12.2013

Balance

as on 31.12.2013

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

Supreme Court

of Pakistan 10 02 12 01 11

Islamabad High Court

121 05 126 04 122

Lahore High Court

25 - 25 04 21

High Court of Sindh Karachi

18 - 18 01 17

Peshawar High Court

16 - 16 - 16

High Court of Balochistan

- 01 01 - 01

Federal Service Tribunal Islamabad

31 - 31 - 31

Chief Court Gilgit Baltistan

12 - 12 01 11

Total 233 08 241 11 230

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Appointments in FPSC Following appointments and promotions in the

Commission were made during the period October-

December, 2013.

Appointments By promotion

Mr. Muhammad Rashid Assistant (BS-15) was promoted as Assistant Director Research (BS-17) and assumed charge of the said post on 11.09.2013.

Mr. Amjad Kamal, Assistant (BS-14) was promoted as Assistant Director (BS-17) and assumed charge of the said post on 14.11.2014

Mr. Muhammad Arshad, Stenotypist (BS-14) was appointed as Assistant Director (BS-17) and assumed charge of the said post on 13.12.2013

Appointment by Current/Additional Charge

Mr. Inam-Ul-Haq, Psychologist, (BS-18) was given Current Charge of the Senior Psychologist (BS-19) w.e.f. 13.12.2013.

Officers/Officials Retired/Left the Commission Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Awan, Director (BS-19) retired on 10.11.2013 on having reached the age of superannuation.

Mr. Habib-ur-Rehman, System Analyst (BS-18) retired on 11.10.2013 on having

reached the age of superannuation.

Mr. Irfan Hyder, Assistant Director (BS-17) was relived on 17.11.2013 due to his selection

through CSS Examination 2012.

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. Amraiz Khan,

Sr. Private

Secretary

Three-Week (Part Time)

Customized Master Training

Course for SPS/PS/APS of

FPSC from 21Oct to 08

Nov, 2013 at STI Islamabad

Mr. Muhammad Sharif,

Senior Private

Secretary -do-

Mr. Shoukat Ali,

Senior Private

Secretary

-do-

Name of Officer Course & Duration

Sayed Nabi Bangash,

Sr.Psychologist

Workshop on Personality

Development” from 26 to

29 November, 2013 at MS

Wing

Mr. Muhammad

Ramzan Malik,

Assistant Director

Four-days course on

“Public Policy and Strategy

Formulation from 26 to 29

November, 2013 at PPMI,

Islamabad

Mr. Asif Ali,

Assistant Director

Four-days course on

Statistical and Mathematical

Tools for Policy Making:

Quantitative Analysis from

2 to 5 Dec, 2013 at PMI,

Islamabad

Mr. Muhammad Azeem,

Assistant Private

Secretary

Three-Week (Part Time)

Customized Master Training

Course for SPS/PS/APS of

FPSC from 21Oct to 08

Nov, 2013 at STI Islamabad

Mr. Muhammad Asif,

Assistant Private

Secretary -do-

Mr. Shamraiz Awan,

Assistant Private

Secretary -do-

Mr. Muhammad Amin

Tahir,

Assistant Private

Secretary -do-

Mr. Muhammad Iqbal

Zahid, Assistant Private

Secretary

Two-Weeks (Part-Time)

Training for PS/APS

from 02 to13 December,

2013 at STI Islamabad

Upcoming Events for 1st Quarter of 2014 •••• Conduct of Psychological Assessment and

Viva Voce for CSS Competitive Examination-2013.

•••• Announcement of Final result of CE-2013

•••• Arrangement of medical examination of the qualified candidates of CE-2013.

•••• Conduct of CSS Competitive Examination in February 2014.

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

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

•••• Conduct of Interviews for Ex-cadre positions in 1

st quarter of the year at HQ’s and provincial

offices of the Commission.

•••• Development of Test schemes and syllabi for various recruitment cases.

•••• Revision of syllabi for CSS Examination.

•••• Preparation 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