The Punjab government has decided to offer a two-year age relaxation across the board to candidates appearing for all posts advertised by the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), including the Provincial Management Service (PMS).
The Standing Committee of Cabinet on Legislative Business chaired by Punjab Law Minister Basharat Raja last month had approved allowing a one-time one-year age relaxation to candidates aspiring to appear for the PMS competitive examination.
The Punjab government has decided to allow one-time age relaxation to the candidates aspiring to appear for the Provincial Management Service (PMS) competitive examination to be conducted by the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC).
The upper age limit for appearing in the PMS examination is 30.
The federal government has said that reforms in the civil service would pave the way for `forced` retirement of delinquent officers from government service and introduction of tough criteria for promotion of bureaucrats.
Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood, who is also chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms, told a press conference on Wednesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved these reforms and that the rules that governed the civil service had been brought in conformity with the reforms.
The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) will start online registration of candidates intending to sit in Central Superior Services (CSS) examinations, 2021 from today (October 5). According to official sources, the last date for the submission of applications on FPSC web portal is November 3.
The federal government has finalised preparations to hold the special Central Superior Service (CSS) exams in December this year, according to Geo News.
PM Imran Khan had, on May 4, issued directions for the special CSS exams to be held this year. The Establishment Division sources revealed to Geo News that a summary has been sent to the federal cabinet and the prime minister for approval to hold the exams this December.
The exams will be held for 188 vacancies for Grade 17 officers. These 188 vacancies have not been filled over the past four years.
It is submitted that in all 39,630 online applications were received for CE 2020. After processing of data in IT Wing, a list of ineligible candidates was provided. After scrutinizing the applications 3,471 candidates were actually found ineligible due to various reasons and their candidature have been proposed for rejection in terms of CSS Competitive Examination Rules 2019. However, out of these ineligible candidates, 01 candidate has submitted hardcopy of online application form unsigned, who may be allowed to appear in the examination provisionally subject to provision of Treasury Receipt of Rs.250/- as fine in FPSC head of account in terms of Rule 11 (8) of CE Rules 2019. Category-wise detail of rejected candidates is as under: –
The government has decided to reduce the age limit for CSS exams by two years.
According to sources, the government has proposed to reduce the age limit from 30 years to 28 years. The age limit for the examination of government employees has also been reduced by four years from 32 years.
The government is currently in the process of introducing a pre-screening test before participants can appear for the actual CSS examination. Following the PM’s approval, the proposal is now all set to come before parliament. The PM’s Special Adviser on Establishment says these changes are synonymous with the PM’s vision of transparency, integrity and efficiency-based governance. According to the adviser, the screening process will also split candidates into three groups: the Pakistan Administrative Service, Inland Revenue Service, and the International Relations group. Even though federal officials claim these reforms aim to eradicate the “superiority complex and lingering colonial mindset”, they seem to forget that the Civil Service itself is a derivation of the colonial legacy.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on October 8, 2019 appointed eminent lawyers Babar Sattar, Khawaja Haris and Ahmer Bilal Soofi as amici curiae for scrutiny of the quota system for induction in the Central Superior Services (CSS).
The court on a petition filed by 34 candidates for the CSS exam from Punjab also sought comments from the federal government.
(Apply online on or before 31st October 20119 and send hardcopy of online application alongwith documents so as to reach FPSC Headquarters on Before 11th November 2019 otherwise candidature will be rejected).
1. Federal Public Service Commission will hold the CSS Competitive Examination-2020 with effect from Wednesday, 12th February, 2020 for recruitment to posts in BS-17 in twelve Occupational Groups/Services under the Federal Government:
2. Number of vacancies to be filled on the basis of CSS Competitive Examination-2020 will be announced later.