October- December, 2015

35th Issue

FPSC Newsletter
A Quarterly Chronicle of the 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)

Chairman FPSC Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema presenting shield to outgoing Chairman FPSC Major General (R)
Niaz Muhammad Khan Khattak HI (M) on 17.12.2015 at farewell party at Club Islamabad on completion of his tenure.

Inside
Message from the Chairman
Members of the Commission
Chairman FPSC called on
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Farewell party in honour of
outgoing Chairman FPSC and
Senior Officers
Workshop for Officers of
Public Service Commissions
of SAARC Member States
Participation of FPSC in
Pakistan Governance
Forum,Expo-2015
Meeting for Timeline Segments
of General Recruitment
Meeting of Steering Committee
for Online Recruitment System
Project ( Phase-II)
Updates on CSS Competitive
Examination
Final Passing Out
Examinations
Other Competitive
Examinations
General Recruitment for
Ex-cadre Positions
FPSC Online Services for
Recruitment
Right of Appeal for Aggrieved
Candidates
Appointments in FPSC
Members/ Officers retired/left
the Commission
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Upcoming Events for 1
Quarter of 2016

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View of Professional / Screening Recruitment Test Phase-IV/2015 held from 20 to 27 December, 2015 at Lahore

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Back Cover
FPSC Headquarter, Provincial
and Regional Offices

Viva Voce Board interviewing written qualified candidates in CSS Competitive Examination-2015 at FPSC HQ Islamabad

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The Commission discharges its duties and performs functions honestly, to the best of its ability and faithfully
in accordance with the constitution of the 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
The Federal Public Service
Commission,
being
an
independent human resource
recruitment agency of the
Federal
Government,
is
striving for excellence in its
efforts to identify the most
promising and talented individuals who have the
aptitude to provide the best service to the nation.
The

Commission

is

fully

committed

to

substantiating its key performance indicators in

the selection of the best candidates for the civil
services through Competitive Examination and
professionals for ex-cadre positions in the Federal
Government through professional/screening tests,
in line with modern quality intake methods.
A focus on deliverables

and a systematic

targeting of performance to achieve desired

results are the major attributes of the ongoing
segments of recruitment, which would continue. It
has been noticed that leadership and soft skills
are becoming increasingly rarer in the careers of
our young generation and are instead being
replaced by emotional personality traits. It is the
FPSCs mission to narrow down this gap.
The Commission is ready to switch from manual
to E-Government in all its day to day operations.
Automated technology provides an integrated
environment that will enhance the performance of
the Commission.
The Commission would highly appreciate
concrete and valuable suggestions from the public
for continuous improvement in its operations and
recruitment system.

Members of the Commission

Mr. Abdul Wajid Rana

Mr. Imtiaz Hussain Kazi

Mr. Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar

Mr. Muhammad Ayub Qazi

Mr. Ahmed Bakhsh Lehri

Mr. Mazhar Ali Khan

Mr. Amjad Nazir

Ambassador (R)
Rizwan ul Haq Mahmood

Mrs. Nargis Sethi

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FPSC Chairman Called on Prime Minister

of Pakistan
Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema, Chairman Federal Public
Service Commission, called on the Prime Minister of
Pakistan, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, on 08th
October 2015 at Prime Minister House Islamabad.
During the meeting, he discussed various pertinent
organizational issues relating to the FPSC. The Prime
Minister expressed hope that high standards of merit
will be observed under the Chairmanship of Mr.
Naveed Akram Cheema at the Federal Governments
human resource agency to improve the performance
of the public sector.

Farewell Party in Honour of Outgoing

Chairman FPSC and Senior Officers
A graceful farewell party was arranged on 17th
November 2015 at Islamabad Club in honour of the
outgoing Chairman FPSC Major General (R) Niaz
Muhammad Khan Khattak HI (M) on the completion of
his tenure. Chairman FPSC Mr. Naveed Akram
Cheema, Members and Senior Officers of the
Commission attended the party. The Commission
expressed a profound sense of admiration for the
leadership, policy inputs and splendid services of the
Ex-Chairman in the selection of quality human
resource for public service.

Group view of Chairman FPSC with Ex-Chairman, Members & Senior

Officers of the Commission in a farewell party at Islamabad Club.

Another farewell party was arranged on 12th

November 2015 at FPSC Headquarter Islamabad in
honour of the Senior Officers of the Commission who
retired on attaining the age of superannuation, i.e., Mr
Azmat Hayat Malik, Director, Mr Mahmood Alam
Rana, Senior Private Secretary, Mr Abdul Samad,
Senior Private Secretary, Mr Sain Faqir, Deputy
Director, Mr Shujjat Hussain, Deputy Director, Ch.
Saleem Khan, Deputy Director and Mr Muhammad
Shamraiz, Deputy Director. The party was attended by
the Chairman, Secretary and Senior Officers of the
Commission. The Chairman FPSC appreciated their

valuable contribution in various activities for

improvements in the recruitment system of FPSC.

Chairman FPSC Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema addressing farewell

party in honour of retired senior officers on 12.11.2015.

Workshop for Officers of Public Service

Commissions of SAARC Member States
In pursuance of decisions taken at the 4th meeting of
Chiefs of Public/Civil Service Commissions of SAARC
Member States, the Union Public Service Commission
of India organized a workshop on ICT and Post
Examination aspects of data management on 1-2
November 2015 at New Delhi (India). At the invitation
of the SAARC Secretariat, Dr. Syed Hyder Ali, DG
(Recruitment), represented FPSC at the workshop.

Participation
of
FPSC
in
Governance Forum, Expo-2015

Pakistan

The Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms

organized the Pakistan Governance Forum-Expo 2015
on 31st December, 2015 at the Auditorium of
International Islamic University Islamabad to share the
performance and achievements of the Government as
well as hold a Job Fair to bring qualified Pakistani
youth and employers under one roof, providing them
with an opportunity to interact with each other. The
Federal Public Service Commission also participated
with a team of Officers headed by Mr. Amin-urRehman, Deputy Director. FPSCs team highlighted
useful information about career opportunities available
under the Federal Government and briefed intending
candidates and the general public about online
registration for the CSS Competitive Examination and
General Recruitment as well as about different stages
of the Selection System of FPSC.

View of FPSC stall in Pakistan Governance Forum, Expo-2015 on

31.12.2015 at International Islamic University, Islamabad.

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Meeting for Timeline Segments of General

Recruitment
A series of meetings was held on 6th October, 2015
and 20th October, 2015 for the purpose of identifying all
the activities involved in the process of recruitment and
formulating a timeline for various segments of General
Recruitment. Chaired by Secretary FPSC with detailed
presentations delivered by Chief IT, the meetings
provided a platform for discussions on streamlining the
recruitment process with a view to curtailing time and
making the recruitment procedures more efficient.

Meeting of Steering Committee for Online

Recruitment System Project (Phase-II)
Two meetings of the Steering Committee for Online
Recruitment System Phase-II were held on 2nd
November, 2015 and 11th December, 2015 which were
chaired by Mr. Akhlaq Ahmed Tarar, Member FPSC.
The meetings were attended by Senior Officers of the
Ministry of IT and all Heads of the Wings/ Directorates
of FPSC. Policy decisions regarding the project were
taken in the meeting.

Updates on CSS Competitive Examintaion

i. Psychological Assessment and Viva Voce for
Competitive Examination-2015

Psychological Assessment of the candidates of

Islamabad (Phase-I), Lahore (Phase-I) and Multan
centres was held from 11th November, 2015 to 1st
December, 2015, 4th December, 2015 to 28th
December, 2015 and 29th December, 2015 to 5th
January, 2016, respectively. Viva Voce of the
candidates of Islamabad (Phase-I) and Lahore
(Phase-I) centres was held from 01.12.2015 to
15.12.2015
and
28.12.2015
to
14.01.2016,
respectively.

submission of online applications was 31st October,

2015. A total 20,717 applications were received.
Centre-wise details are as under:Centre

Applicants

Abbottabad

511

Lahore

5807

Bahawalpur

329

Larkana

254

D.G.Khan

127

Multan

705

D.I.Khan

197

Muzaffarabad

132

Faisalabad

817

Peshawar

Gilgit

87

Centre

Quetta
Rawalpindi

Applicants

2394
567

Gujranwala

588

1395

Hyderabad

1005

Sargodha

469

Islamabad

2990

Sukkur

330

Karachi

2013

Total

20717

Final Passing Out Examinations

A schedule for conducting the Final Passing Out
Examinations-2016 for 11 Occupational Groups/
Services (except Commerce & Trade Group for which
no fresh or failed probationer was available) was
issued on 4th November, 2015. Accordingly, time
tables and admission certificates were issued to the
concerned Academies/Ministries to deliver the same
to the probationers of Foreign Service of Pakistan,
Police Service of Pakistan, Inland Revenue Service,
Postal Group and Office Management Group.

Other Competitive Examinations

(i) The Commission announced the final result of 7
posts (open merit=06, women quota=01) of Civil
Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate (BS-18) in Gilgit
Baltistan Judiciary. Out of 28 written qualified
candidates, 22 candidates finally qualified after the
interview; and the nomination of 7 candidates was
issued on 11th December, 2015.
(ii) Competitive Examination for 4 posts of Assistant
View of Psychological Assessment Group activities with Psychologists
at FPSC Hqs Islamabad

Director (BS-17), Survey of Pakistan, was held

ii. CSS Competitive Examination, 2016

A public notice was published in leading newspapers
to invite applications for CE-2016. The last date for

from 31st October, 2015 to 6th November, 2015.

Out of 540 candidates, 108 candidates appeared in
the examination.

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General Recruitment for Ex-Cadre Positions

The Commission performed following activities for
recruitment against ex-cadre positions requisitioned
by various Ministries/ Divisions/ Departments during
the 4th quarter (October-December) 2015:i)
Recruitment Rules
The Commission processed the Recruitment Rules of
190 cases. 19 cases were approved and 171 cases
remained under process for lack of certain requisite
documents.
ii) Advertisements
The
Commission
released
03
consolidated
advertisements containing

66

recruitment

Ministries/Divisions/Departments due to the nonavailability of suitable candidates. The details are given
below:Basic

Posts

Scale

Available

Called for

Nominations

Failure

Interview

Made

Reported

14

138

542

382

137

01

16

31

3468

68

19

12

17

178

31851

607

165

13

18

12

74

--

--

12

19

10

193

10

03

07

20

03

16

--

--

03

Total

372

36144

1067

324

48

Applicants

cases

involving 159 posts in BS-16 & above.

iii) Test Schemes and Syllabi
Test schemes and syllabi outlines for 66 recruitment
cases against 159 posts were approved by the
Commission and these were placed on the FPSC
website for the information of the candidates.
iv) Professional/Screening Tests (Phase-IV/2015)
The Commission conducted professional/screening
tests (phase-IV/2015) for ex-cadre posts in BS-14 and

View of Interview conducted by the Commission at FPSC HQ Islamabad

above from 20.12.2015 to 27.12.2015 at Islamabad,

vi) Ministry/Division/Department-wise Selection

Recommendations of 324 officers/officials in BS-14 to
BS-19 for various posts were made in following
Ministries/Divisions/Departments:-

Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Sukkur,

D.I.Khan and Gilgit. Out of 140,180 applicants,
82,065(59%) appeared in these tests.

Ministry/Division/ Department

16

17

137

137

Ministry of Defence

04

12

16

Ministry of Housing and Works

04

04

Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control

06

03

09

01

03

04

01

01

01

01

Ministry of Port and Shipping

01

01

02

Ministry of Railways

02

02

Ministry of Textile Industry

01

Ministry of Water and Power

01

Cabinet Division

02

Finance Division

Federal Public Service Commission

National Assembly

03

05

137

19

165 03 324

Ministry of Communication

Ministry of Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit

Baltistan
Ministry of Overseas Pakistan and H.R.D
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural
Resources

View of Professional/Screening Test Phase-IV/2015 held at FPSC

Headquarter Islamabad

v)

Interview Programs for Ex-Cadre Positions

The Commission, conducted interviews of 1067

shortlisted
candidates
against
372
posts.
Subsequently, recommendations were made against
324 posts in BS-14 to BS-19 whereas the remaining 48
posts were reported as failures to the requisitioning

Basic Scales
14

Capital Administration and Development

Division

Total

19 Total

01

01

02

02

04

01

44

45

86

86

02

02

08

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vii) Alternate Nominations
Occasionally, principal nominees recommended by
the Commission do not join due to one reason or the
other. The Commission recommended 19 alternate
nominations against such posts in BS-14 and above,
who were next in merit on the waiting list.

FPSC Online Services for Recruitment

The IT Wing provided the following technical services
for the smooth conduct of examinations/tests.
(i) CSS-2016 Online Applications
100% of the applications for CE-2016 were
invited online during the month of October, 2015.
IT Wing managed the application software and
ensured

its

smooth

operation

for

the

convenience of the candidates. Pre-scrutiny

eligibility reports for CE-2016 were generated to
convey the deficiencies to the applicants before
the start of the examination.
(ii) Competitive Examination-2015
Summary bio-data of 379 written qualified
candidates of CE-2015 were generated for the
Viva Voce Board.
(iii) General Recruitment
In response to Consolidated Advertisement Nos.
10, 11 & 12/2015, 9021 applications were
received online and the data output was
forwarded to the Recruitment Wing to conduct
the examinations/tests. Attendance Lists/Sheets,
necessary reports pertaining to 139,738
candidates and reports for Descriptive
Examinations and Assistant Private Secretaries
Tests were also generated.
(iv) Professional and Promotional Examinations
The data of probationers of Services/Groups
Foreign Service of Pakistan, Police Service of
Pakistan, Inland Revenue Service, Postal Group

schedule of tests, interviews, personal hearings,

etc.
(vi) Assistance to Control Room/Facilitation
Centre and Provincial Offices
In order to effectively respond to the queries of
candidates, all required information pertaining to
General Recruitment (Phase-IV/2015) was
provided to the Control Room established at the
FPSC Headquarter Islamabad. 7835 phone calls
and 5219 e-mails were received and
appropriately responded by the Facilitation
Centre. Similarly, basic information about the
candidates was also shared with all the
Provincial/ Regional Offices of FPSC.
(vii) Online Services and Web Management
Following online and allied services were
provided in English/Urdu through the FPSC
website www.fpsc.gov.pk for convenience of
the applicants:a) Facility to view/ download/ print online
admission certificates including Roll no, date
& time of test, centre-wise details, etc. was
provided to 140,180 candidates for general
recruitment (phase-IV/2015) of professional/
screening tests held in December, 2015.
b) Placement of consolidated advertisements
Nos 10, 11 and 12/2015.
c) Inviting
online
applications
against
advertised posts.
d) Placement of syllabi, press release, Annual
Report of FPSC, Newsletters, Tender
Notices and other related information for
general public and candidates.
e) Lists of pre-selected candidates, interview
schedules and nominations of candidates,
etc. were also uploaded.
(viii) SMS Based Information Delivery System
A total 227,000 SMSes were sent to the
candidates on their mobile phone numbers

and Office Management Group was processed

regarding

in

applications, schedule of tests, interviews and

order

to

conduct

FPO

examinations,

admission certificates, attendance lists and

attendance sheets were generated accordingly.
(v) Intimation through E-mails
More than 3921 e-mails were sent to the
candidates on their given e-mail addresses
acknowledging their online applications and
intimating about major events including the

acknowledgment

of

their

online

personal hearings, etc.

Right of Appeal for Aggrieved Candidates

Under Section 7(3) of the FPSC Ordinance 1977, the
candidates, who are un-satisfied with the decision of
the Commission have a right to file appeals/petitions
etc. in the High Courts/Tribunals of competent
jurisdiction throughout the country. Latest statistics on

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petitions/appeals related to Competitive Examination,
FPOE, Recruitment of Ex-cadre posts, Recruitment
Rules, Regularization of Service and SOPE, etc.
pending in various courts are detailed as under:Forum/Court

As on

Filed
30.9.2015
during
1.10.2015
to
31.12.2015

Total

Decided Pending
during
after
1.10.2015 31.12.2015
to
31.12.2015

C=(A+B)

E=(C-D)

Supreme Court
of Pakistan

18

20

38

02

36

Islamabad High
Court

88

09

97

09

88

Lahore High
Court

57

04

61

02

59

High Court of
Sindh

24

04

28

01

27

Peshawar High
Court

14

01

15

00

15

High Court of
Balochistan

03

00

03

00

03

AJ K Supreme
Court

01

00

01

00

01

FST Islamabad

152

117

269

29

240

Gilgit-Baltistan,
Service Tribunal

01

00

01

00

01

Supreme
Appellate Court,
Gilgit Baltistan

02

00

02

00

02

10

00

10

02

08

04

00

04

00

04

374

155

529

45

484

Chief Court
Gilgit Baltistan
Civil Courts/ Mis
Total

Mr. Islam Muhammad, Superintendent

(BS-17), was given additional charge of
Assistant Director (BS-17) for a period of
03 months w.e.f. 21.10.2015
Mr. Muhammad Mahmood was appointed
as Data Processing Assistant (BS-16) and
he assumed charge of the post on
09.12.2015

Completion of Tenure as Member FPSC

Mrs. Batool Iqbal Qureshi, Member
FPSC, after completing three years
tenure, relinquished the charge of
office
of
Member
FPSC
on
18.12.2015.

Officers retired from the Commission

Mr. Azmat Hayat Malik, Director (BS-19),
retired on 26.11.2015 after attaining the
age of superannuation.
Mr. Muhammad Shamraiz, Deputy Director
(BS-18), retired on 10.10.2015 on attaining
the age of superannuation.
Ch. Saleem Khan, Deputy Director
(BS-18), retired on 21.10.2015 after
attaining the age of superannuation.

Officers Left the Commission

Mr. Abrar-ul-Haq Shami, Deputy.Chief (IT)
(BS-19), posted on deputation in
Aiwan-e-Saddar w.e.f 17.12.2015.

Appointments in FPSC
Following appointments were made in FPSC during
the period October-December, 2015:Member FPSC
In pursuance of notification No.41/
340/2009-E-1,dated 16.12.2015, Mrs.
Nargis Sethi, a retired (BS-22) officer
of the Secretariat Group, assumed
the charge of the office of Member,
FPSC on 30.12.2015.
Mr. Mahmood Ahmad, Director (Research)
(BS-19), was given current charge of
Director General (Research) (BS-20) from
25.11.2015 to 31.12.2015.
Mr. Muhammad Shahid, Assistant Director
(BS-17), was given additional charge of
AD (R-I) for the period of 02 months and
14 days w.e.f. 10.08.2015 to 22.10.2015

Miss Sammer Amir, System Operator

(BS-16) relived on 21.12.2015 to join as
Communication Security Officer (BS-17) in
Cabinet Division.

Upcoming Events for 1st Quarter of 2016

Conduct of Psychological Assessment and Viva
Voce of the candidates of CE-2015.
Conduct of Competitive Examination-2016.
Conduct of Final Passing Out examination-2016.
Conduct of Phase-I of 2016 of Professional/
Screening Test in February, 2016.
Conduct of interviews for ex-cadre positions.
Conduct of Personal Hearings of rejected
candidates.
Development of test schemes and syllabi for
various recruitment cases.
Preparation of FPSC Annual Report, 2015

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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 Cooperative 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,
opposite Amphary, Gilgit.
Ph.No.05811-920687