July- September, 2015

34th Issue

FPSC Newsletter
A Quarterly Chronicle of Federal Public Service Commission Islamabad

Patron
Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema
Chairman

Chief Editor
Mr. Haseeb Athar
Secretary

Editor
Mr. Saeed Ahmad
Deputy Director (Research)

Sub-Editor
Mr. Asif Ali
Assistant Director (Research)

President Mr. Mamnoon Hussain Administered the Oath to Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema as the
Chairman FPSC, on 29th September 2015, at Presidency Islamabad.

Inside
Message from the Chairman

02

Members of the Commission

02

Appointment of New Chairman

of FPSC

03

Meeting for adoption of Urdu as

Official Language

03

Meetings with representatives of 03

National Bank of Pakistan
Meeting for timeline segments
of General Recruitment

03

Meeting of Chief Supervisors,

Supervisors & Deputy
Supervisors

03

Updates on CSS Competitive

Examination

03

Final Passing Out Examinations

04

Other Competitive Examinations

04

General Recruitment for

04

Professional / Screening Recruitment Test Phase-III/2015 in progress held from 13th to 20th September, 2015 at
FPSC Headquarter Islamabad

Ex-cadre Positions
FPSC Online Job Services &
Selections

05

Right of Appeal for Aggrieved

Candidates

06

Appointments/Promotions in
FPSC

07

Human Resource Development

07

Upcoming Events for 4th

Quarter of 2015

07
Viva Voce Board interviewing Defence Personnel for their induction in Civil Services w.e.f 10th to 14th September, 2015
at FPSC Headquarter Islamabad

Back Cover
FPSC Headquarter, Provincial
and Regional Offices

08

The Commission discharges its duties and perform functions honestly, to the best of its ability and faithfully
in accordance with the constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the law and always in the interest of
the solidarity, integrity, well being and prosperity of Pakistan.
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Message from the Chairman FPSC

Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema
Ensuring credibility of our
system, winning over and
retaining trust of the
common man in FPSCs
merit based policy is our
prime goal. We in FPSC
work as a team that
persistently endeavours to select the best
available human resource for the public sector
jobs. In this respect we keep brushing up our
knowledge and keep ourselves abreast of the
latest tools and techniques.
We live in a competitive world. Pakistan needs
an industrious work force to shine out in the
comity of nations. We have to provide the
Government of Pakistan officers who have the
will and capacity to steer the nation into league
of the developed world. They are thus tested
on the anvil of knowledge prowess and
efficiency to work under stress and openness

to learning new skills and initiatives. We need

to induct doers into the Government system.
Without this, they would not be able to pull
Pakistan out of the quagmire of poverty. The
seminal work in this regard lies on our
shoulders. It is now upon us as to how we
seize the opportunity and contribute our bit to
the development of Pakistan. The capability,
potential and zeal to serve the common man
and determination to make a difference to
his/her life is what we need to see in our
candidates. Based on this fundamental
resolve, we identify the candidates that have
the potential to acquire professional skills.
We need people who are passionate about
their work, who are driven by the commitment
of delivering public service with efficiency
and those who have the ideas and
vision to see beyond the immediate.

Members of the Commission

Mrs. Batool Iqbal Qureshi

Mr. Abdul Wajid Rana

Mr. Muhammad Ayub Qazi

Mr. Amjad Nazir

Mr. Imtiaz Hussain Kazi

Mr. Ahmed Bakhsh Lehri

Mr. Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar

Mr. Mazhar Ali Khan

Ambassador (R)
Rizwan ul Haq Mahmood

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Appointment of New Chairman of FPSC

21.09.2015. In the meeting, discussions were made

In pursuance of Establishment Division Notification No.

41/427/2012-E-I, dated 18.09.2015, a senior bureaucrat
former Chief Secretary Punjab and Ex-Manager of
National Cricket team, Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema,
has assumed the charge of office of the Chairman
FPSC on 29.09.2015. President Mr. Mamnoon Hussain
administered the oath of office to Mr. Naveed Akram
Cheema in a ceremony held at the Presidency on 29th
September, 2015. The oath taking ceremony was
attended by Members of FPSC, Secretary
Establishment Division and senior officers of the
Presidents Secretariat. The President congratulated
Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema, on joining the office of
Chairman FPSC and wished him success for
performing his duties honestly for selection of civil
services on merit.

regarding formulation of timeline for various segments

Meeting for adoption of Urdu as Official

Language

from 13th to 20th September 2015 with a view to

A meeting was held on 04.8.2015 in conference room

of FPSC Headquarter, Islamabad for implementation
of Urdu as official language. Secretary, FPSC
presided over the meeting and expressed that under
Article 251 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, Urdu needs to be adopted as official
language and hence all important documents of FPSC
should be translated in Urdu. With permission of the
Chair, Mr. Tahir Iqbal, Chief IT & Head of the Urdu
Committee, pointed out eleven documents related to
FPSC for translation. It was decided that these may
be recommended for translated into Urdu Language.
All head of wings participated in the meeting.

Meetings with represntatives of National

Bank of Pakistan
Two consecutive meetings were arranged with the
representatives of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), at
FPSC Headquarter Islamabad from 8th to 9th
September, 2015. Chief IT chaired the meeting for
further deliberation upon the modalities of integration
of NBPs Government Receipts Online System with
that of FPSCs Online Recruitment System to address
the issues relating to re-conciliation of Treasury
Receipts deposited with the FPSC. In the meeting
participants showed their readiness for the proposed
integration.

Meeting for timeline segments of General

Recruitment

of general recruitment. Chief IT delivered detailed

presentation on process flows for general recruitment
and their mapping in the Gantt Chart showing
sequence of activities, time taken and their nature as
sequential or parallel. The ultimate objective has been
to re-engineer the recruitment processes, making
them more efficient as well as curtailing the overall
time taken in finalization of recruitment cases.

Meeting of Chief Supervisors,Supervisors

and Deputy Supervisors
A general meeting was held on 08.09.2015, which
was presided over by DG (Recruitment) Dr. Syed
Hyder Ali, as a part of preparation for forthcoming
Professional/Screening Test Phase-III/2015 scheduled
conduct examination/ test as perfectly as possible. In
the meeting quick revision of all rules, regulations,
policy guide lines, arrangements etc were discussed.

DG (Recruitment), Dr. Syed Hyder Ali addressing Chief Supervisors,

Supervisors and Deputy Supervisors on 08-09-2015

Updates on CSS Competitive Examintaion

i. Psychological Assessment and Viva Voce of
Armed Forces Officers for induction into Civil
Services

30 officers from Ministry of Defence were nominated

for

induction

into

civil

service.

Psychological

Assessment and Viva Voce of these Officers held

from 31.08.2015 to 04.09.2015 and 10.09.2015 to
14.09.2015 respectively. Out of these 30 officers,
09 officers could not qualify the Viva Voce. The

3rd meeting for finalization of time line for varioous

Commission recommended 09 officers according to

segments of General Recruitment was held on

their order of merit for appointment against Group/

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Services as detailed below.
Roll Merit
No. No.

Services. Details are given as below:

Name

Domicile/
Quota

Allocated
Group/
Service

428

01

Lt. Kamran Aamir Khan PN

Punjab

PSP

419

02

Captain Sana Ullah Khan

KPK

PAS

403

03

Captain Hamzah Humayun

Punjab

PSP

401

04

Captain Qasim Ijaz

Punjab

PAS

402

05

Captain Muhammad

Punjab

PAS

Shahrukh Cheema

S. No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

414

07

Captain Sumair Gul

Sindh(R)

FSP

416

08

Captain Faizan Ali

Sindh(R)

PSP

420

09

Captain Abdul Bari

Balochistan

FSP

422

10

Flt.Lt. Hafiz Kamran Asghar Punjab

PSP

10.
11.
12.

Group/Service
Appeared Passed Failed
Office Management Group
66
53
13
Police Service of Pakistan
24
18
06
Foreign Service of Pakistan
27
27
00
Railways C & T Group
11
09
02
Information Group
11
09
02
Postal Group
12
07
05
Inland Revenue Service
56
22
78
Military Lands & Cantonments
05
04
01
Group
Pakistan Audit & Accounts
35
30
05
Service
Pakistan Administrative Service
55
06
61
Commerce & Trade Group
04
00
04
Pakistan Customs Service
05
01
06
Total
277(81%) 63
340

Other Competitive Examinations

The Commission announced result of written part
for 07(open merit=06, women quota=01) posts of
Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate (BS-18) in
Gilgit-Baltistan Judiciary on 09.09.2015. Out of 100
appeared candidates, only 27 candidates qualified
(24 Male & 03 Female) while result of 30
candidates remain with-held.
The
Commission
advertised
Competitive
Examination for 04 posts of Assistant Director in
Geological Survey of Pakistan with closing date on
03.08.2015. 540 candidates applied online. The
examination has been scheduled w.e.f 31.10.2015.

General Recruitment for Ex-Cadre Position

Group Discussion in progress at FPSC Headquarter Islamabad

ii. CSS Competitive Examination, 2016

The approval of draft Rules, Syllabi & Application
Form was received from Establishment Division on
18.09.2015.

Public

Notice

inviting

online

applications for CSS Competitive Examination-2016

was issued on 20.09.2015. The intending candidates
may apply online alongwith hard copy of application
form and TR of Rs. 2200/-, w.e.f. 1st to 31st
October,2015, so as to reach the FPSC Headquarter,
Islamabad within 10 days of the closing date.
Final Passing Out Examinations

The Commission carried out following activities for

recruitment against ex-cadre positions requisitioned
by various Ministries/ Divisions/ Departments during
the 3rd quarter (July-September) 2015:-.
i)
Recruitment Rules
The Commission concurred recruitment rules of 63
cases whereas 22 cases were under processed for
want of same documents required.
ii) Advertisements
The
Commission
released
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consolidated
advertisements containing 37 recruitment cases via
press/ online services for 490 posts in BS-16 & above.
iii) Test Schemes and Syllabi
Test Schemes and Syllabi for 37 recruitment cases
against 490 posts were finalized during 3rd quarter of
the year. After approval of the Commission, these

The Commission announced result Final Passing Out

were placed on FPSC website for information of the

Examinations of 12 Occupational Groups/Services of

candidates.

during 3rd quarter of 2015 for 41st CTP batch of CSS

iv) Professional/Screening Tests (Phase-III/2015)

The Commission conducted Professional/Screening
Tests (Phase-III/2015) for Ex-cadre posts in BS-16 to
BS-19 from 13.09.2015 to 20.09.2015 at Islamabad,

Probationer Officers who completed Specialized

Training Programmes (STP) for different Groups/

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Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Sukkur,
D.I.Khan and Gilgit. Out of 179,189 applicants,
121,119(68%) appeared in these tests.

Departments during the period under report:Basic Scales

Ministry/Division/ Department
16

17

Total

02

38

40

01

01

05

05

01

01

Ministry of Port and Shipping

03

03

Ministry of Railways

17

17

03

03

01

01

01

04

05

01

01

Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control
Ministry of Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit
Baltistan
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural
Resources

Ministry
View of Professional/Screening Test Phase-III/2015 held at FPSC
Headquarter Islamabad

v)

Interview Programs for Ex-Cadre Positions

The Commission, conducted interviews of 324 shortlisted

candidates

against

93

posts

and

made

of

Religious

Affairs

and

Interfaith Harmony
Cabinet Division
Capital Administration and Development
Division

recommendations of 81 candidates for various posts in

Climate Change Division

BS-16 & BS-17. The FPSC reported 12 posts failure to

Finance Division

01

01

02

Federal Public Service Commission

01

01

02

Total

05

76

81

the requisitioning Ministries/Departments due to nonavailability of suitable candidates. Statistics on these

posts are as under:Basic
Posts
Applicants
Scale Available

Called for
Interviews

Nominations Failure
Made
Reported

vii) Alternate Nominations

Occasionally, principal nominees recommended by

16

09

748

22

05

04

the Commission do not join due to one reason or the

17

80

5733

302

76

04

other. The Commission recommended 25 alternate

18

01

05

--

--

01

nominees against the posts in BS-16 to BS-18, who

19

03

41

--

--

03

were next on merit in waiting list, during the period.

Total

93

6527

324

81

12

FPSC Online Job Services and Selections

IT Wing provided following online and allied services
for smooth conduct of examinations/tests. .
(a) CSS Online Module
Online module for inviting CSS applications for
the year 2016 has been upgraded according to
new optional subjects and their combinations.

View of Interview conducted by the Commission

vi) Ministry/Division/Department-wise Selection

Selection of 81 officers in BS-16 & BS-17 for various
posts was made in following
Ministries / Divisions

(b) Enhancement of Online submission system

for General Recruitment
In compliance to the decisions of the
Commission, option to provide educational and
experience details of candidates have been
added in the General Recruitment online
application submission module.

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(c) General Recruitment

07,

08

and

09/2015,

inviting

online

advertised

posts,

In response to Consolidated Advertisement

applications

No. 07, 08 & 09/2015, 198,157 applications

placement of online admission certificates for

were received online & data output was

General Recruitment (Phase-III/2015), syllabi,

forwarded to Recruitment Wing for conduct of

press release, other related information of

exam/test. Attendance Lists/Sheets and other

interest to general public and candidates.

required

Moreover list of pre-selected candidates,

reports

pertaining

to

179,189

candidates called for Professional/Screening,

Descriptive,

APS

Tests

Phase-III/2015

&

Special Phase-I/2015 were generated.

to

view/download

interview schedules

and

nominations

of

candidates etc were also placed on the

FPSCs website well in time.

(d) Online Admission Certificates

Facility

against

(h) SMS Based Information Delivery System

admission

During the period under report, 432,332 SMS

certificates was provided to candidates for

Phase-III/2015

of

Professional/Screening

were sent to the candidates on their mobile

phone numbers regarding acknowledgment of

Tests for General Recruitment.

their online applications, schedule of tests,

(e) Intimation through e-mails

interviews and personal hearing etc.

Over 2700 e-mails were sent to candidates
for dispatch of bio-data form to determine
their eligibility and pre-selection for various

(i) Assistance to Facilitation Centre

Control Room

and

In order to effectively respond to the queries

posts.
(f) Digitized Data sharing with Provincial/
Regional Offices
Candidates

sometime

contact/visit

of candidates, over 6915 phone calls & 6221

e-mails

received

during

the

period.

All

FPSC

required information pertaining to General

Provincial and Regional offices for obtaining

Recruitment Phase-III/2015 were provided to

information relating to their already submitted

Facilitation Centre and Control Room for the

applications, details about their admission

purpose.

certificates etc. In order to effectively respond

to such queries all important parameters

Right of Appeal for aggrieved Candidates

relating to applicants along with details of

Candidates aggrieved by the Commissions decisions

their admission certificates etc. are being

have the right to make Representations/Review

provided

to

Provincial/Regional

offices

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

through e-mail.
FPSC Ordinance 1977. The candidates, who are not
(g) Online Services and Web Management
satisfied with the decision of the Commission in
In line with decision of the Supreme Court for
adoption of Urdu language home page of
FPSCs

website

www.fpsc.gov.pk

was

review petition have right to prefer appeal in the

respective

High

Courts.
related

to

Latest

data

Recruitment

on

the

converted as bilingual and regularly updated

petition/appeal

Cases,

by placing consolidated advertisements Nos

Competitive Examination, SOPE and HR cases etc.

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pending in various courts are detailed as under:Forum/Court

Supreme Court
of Pakistan
Islamabad
High Court
Lahore High
Court
High Court of
Sindh
Peshawar
High Court
High Court of
Balochistan
AKJ Supreme
Court
FST Islamabad
Gilgit-Baltistan,
Service
Tribunal
Supreme
Appellate Court,
Gilgit Baltistan
Chief Court
Gilgit Baltistan
Civil Courts/
Mis
Total

As on
Filed during Total
01.07.2015 01.07.2015
to
30.09.2015

Decided
Pending
during
after
01.07.2015 30.09.2015
to
30.09.2015
C=(A+B)
D
E=(C-D)

19

02

21

03

18

117

06

123

35

88

66

06

72

15

57

27

27

03

24

17

17

03

14

02

01

03

03

01

01

01

145

11

156

04

152

01

01

01

03

03

03

11

04

15

05

10

03

01

04

04

411

32

443

71

372

Mr. Mehar Muhammad Dy. Assistant

Director (BS-16) retired on 02.07.2015 on
attaining the age of superannuation.

Human Resource Development

Human Resource Development is a multidimensional
phenomenon to improve efficiency of the employees.

Appointments/Promotions in FPSC
Following appointments/promotions were made in
FPSC Secretariat during the period July-September,
2015:Miss Sana Mahar was appointed as
Website Manager (BS-17) and she
assumed charge of the post on
05.08.2015
Mr. Javaid Iqbal, Assistant Private
Secretary (BS-16) was promoted as
Private Secretary (BS-17) and he
assumed charge of the post on
27.08.2015
Mr. Zameer-ud-Din, Assistant Incharge
(BS-15) was promoted as Dy. Assistant
Director (BS-16) and he assumed charge
of the post on 02.07.2015
Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Deputy Director
(BS-18) was given current charge for the
post of Director (BS-19) for a period of
three months w.e.f. 28.05.2015

Officers joined/ left the Commission

Mr Kamran Raffat, Assistant Director
(BS-17) joined FPSC after having been
repatriated from Federal Ombudsman and
he assumed charge of the post w.e.f
10.08.2015
Mr. Moazzam Abbas Assistant Director
(BS-17) proceeded for long leave from
01.09.2015 to 31.07.2018 for study
abroad.

To equip with latest knowledge and skill development

of the FPSC employees, following officers participated
on job training courses:Name of
Officer
Mr. Muhammad
Arshad Shafi,
SPS

Course & Duration

Training
Course
on

Maintaining
High
Mr. Muhammad
Ramzan Malik, Performance at Workplace
from 7th to 11th September
Asstt. Director
2015 at STI Islamabad
Miss. Shehla
Farouk,
Psychologist
Mr. Safdar
Hussain,
Asstt. Director

Training Course on Drawing

and Disbursing Officers from
24th to 28th August 2015 at
Pakistan Audit & Accounts
Academy Lahore.

Mr. Khalid
Hussain
Mugheri, DAD

Training Course on Advance

Course on Microsoft Excel
2010 from 7th September to
31st December 2015 at STI,
Islamabad.

Upcoming Events for 4th Quarter of 2015

Announcement of result (written part) of CE.2015
Medical Examination of the candidates of CSS
Competitive Examination for the year 2015
Schedule of Psychological Assessment & Viva voce
for candidates of CE-2015.
Printing of Rules for CE-2016.
Issuance of public notice inviting online application
for CE-2016.
Conduct of Professional/Screening Test (PhaseIV/2015) scheduled in December, 2015.
Conduct of interviews for ex-cadre positions in 4th
quarter of the year 2015
Processing
candidates

of

Personal

Hearing

of

rejected

Development of test schemes and syllabi for various

recruitment cases.

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FPSC Headquarter:
Islamabad: Federal Public Service Commission
Aga Khan Road, F-5/1, Islamabad,
Website: www.fpsc.gov.pk
Email: fpsc@fpsc.gov.pk
UAN-111-000-248
Tel: +92-51-9205075(25 Lines)
Fax: +92-51-9213386
Provincial Offices of the Commission
Lahore:

Karachi:

31-Civic Centre, Mustafa Town,

Wahdat Road Lahore.
Ph. No.042-99260201
Fax No. 042 99260205
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.10, Haider Street, Shalimar

Colony, Multan .
Ph. No. 061-9239727

Sukkur:

Banglow

No.B-41,

Professors

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:

House No. 01 Gulsher Colony,

Eidgha Road, Konodas, Near Sakarkovi,
apposite Amphary, Gilgit.
Ph.No.05811-920687