Newsletter 9th Edition

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9th Issue: April- June 2009

A Quarterly Chronicle of Federal Public Service Commission, Islamabad

Website: www.fpsc.gov.pk Email: [email protected] Tel: +92-51-9205075, Fax: +92-51-9213386

Patron : Chairman FPSC

Chief Editor: Mr Shaukat Hayat Durrani, Secretary

Editor: Mian Muhammad Sarwar, Educational Consultant

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Message from the SeniorMember of FPSC

Members of the Commission

Meeting of the Commission

Appointments/Transfer/Promotion

Construction of FPSC ProvincialOffice Quetta

CSS Competitive Exam. 2008

Psychological Assessment ofArmed Forces Inductees forC.E- 2008



Final Passing Out Examinations

General Recruitment-Selection

IT Services

Revamping Activities underPSCB Project of the Commission

Participation in National JobFair-2009

Seminars on CareerCounselling and JobOpportunities through FPSC

Redressal of Grievances

Employee of the Month

Capacity Building of FPSCEmployees

Upcoming Events

Provincial and Regional Officesof Commission

Mrs Fazila Aliani,Senior Member, FPSC presiding over A view of meeting to revamping the Psychologicalinformal meeting of the Commission on 6th June 2009 Assessment process on 25th May 2009 at FPSC HQs.at FPSC HQs.

A view of job fair camp at International Islamic University A view of meeting with Ora-tech for on-line recruitmentIslamabad from 9

thto10th June 2009. system on 3

rdJune 2009 at FPSC HQs.

Candidates attempting Competitive Examination Candidates attempting recruitment written test at2009 at Larkana centre. FPSC HQs. Islamabad.

FPSC Information Centres

The Commission is committed to provide equal opportunity to compete for entry in Federal services, on merit and torecruit high- quality human resource for appointment.

Aga Khan Road, F-5/1, Islamabad - Pakistan

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Meetings of the Commission

An informal/special meetings were held on 6th

& 15th

June 2009

presided by senior Member Mrs Fazila Aliani to discuss the matters

relating to processing and finalization of Recruitment Cases in the

absence of Chairman FPSC. The Commission was of the

considered view that since the Chairmans position is vacant, the

majority of the Members may transact the business of the

Commission by majority decision in the public interest, in pursuance

of sub-section (5) of section 3 of the FPSC Ordinance, 1977 and

sub-rule(1) of rule 13 of the FPSC (Conduct of Business) Rules,

1963. However, the Commission resolved that a self-contained

reference be made to Law & Justice Division and the Establishment

Division for seeking legal advice and approval of the Prime Minister

about the proposed arrangements till the appointment of the

Chairman, FPSC. Accordingly, the resolution, duly signed by seven Members of the Commission, was forwarded to

the Law & justice Division on 16th

June 2009.

The Law & Justice Division agreed to the view of the majority of the Members of the Commission and the same was

also endorsed by the Establishment Division. The Prime Minister had been pleased to approve the view point of the

Law & Justice Division and the Establishment Division.

Appointments

Maj Gen(Retd) Ovais Mushtaq Qureshi, joined the FPSC as Member on 6th

May 2009.

Mr. Shaukat Hayat Durrani, a BS-21 officer of District Management Group, assumed the charge of

the office of Secretary, FPSC on 8th

May 2009, on the transfer of Mr. Bashir Ahmed Chauhan, to

Establishment Division.

Promotion

Mr. Abrar-ul-Haq Shami has been entrusted higher responsibilities as Deputy Chief (IT) BS-19 in FPSC

on 14th

May 2009.

Mr. Abrar-ul-Haq Shami

Mr. Shaukat Hayat Durrani

Maj Gen (Retd) Ovais Mushtaq Qureshi

Mrs Fazila Aliani,Senior Member, FPSC presidingover informal meeting of the Commission on 6thJune 2009


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Construction of FPSC Provincial Office Quetta

95% construction work of FPSC Provincial Office, Quetta has been carried out. After completion of work, Provincial

Office Quetta is expected to be shifted to its own building shortly.

Competitive Examination 2008

Allocation of Occupational Group/ServiceAllocation of Occupational Group/Service to finally qualified candidates of CE-2008 is under process.

Induction of Armed Forces Officers into Civil Service

The Ministry of Defence recommended 39 Armed Forces Off icers for their induction into Civil Service.

Preparation of Psychological Assessment of Armed Forces Inductees, CE-2008 is in progress.


The Competitive Examination, 2009 was held from 25.4.2009 to 12.5.2009 in 19 cities at 59 centres/sub-centres. Out

of 9056 registered candidates, 5707 appeared in Competitive Examination. The centre-wise break-up is given below:

S.No.

Name of City Candidates

Appeared

S.No.

Name of City Candidates

Appeared

1. Abbottabad 159 11. Multan 248

2. D .I. Khan 89 12. Muzaffarabad 19

3. Faisalabad 184 13. Okara 29

4. Gilgit 23 14. Peshawar 905

5. Gujranwala 125 15. Quetta 222

6. Hyderabad 245 16. Rawalpindi 233

7. Islamabad 709 17. Sargodha 107

8. Karachi 473 18. Sialkot 54

9. Lahore 1742 19. Sukkur 92

10. Larkana 49 Total 5707

Candidates attempting Competitive Examination2009 at Larkana centre. A blind candidate attempting CE-2009 on

computer at computer laboratory, FPSC HQs.


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The FPSC has issued an advance Public Notice in various newspapers for information of the intending candidates

that Competitive Examination 2010 will be conducted from 6th

March, 2010 simultaneously in 21 cities.

Final Passing Out Examinations

Final Passing Out Examination of 35th Common Training Programme of Commerce and Trade Group is scheduled

from 27th July to 7th August 2009 at FPSC, Headquarters, Islamabad. Admission certificates are issued to the

probationers.

Nominations against Four Posts of Tehsildars (BS-16) for Northern Areas

The result of Competitive Examination 2007 for recruitment to the posts of Tehsildars (BS-16) in Northern Areas was

declared on 9th

March 2009. Recommendation letters have been issued to four nominated candidates on 6th

April

2009.

General Recruitment-Selection against Ex-Cadre Posts

During the quarter ending 30th

June, 2009, total 368 posts in BS-16 and above were advertised by the

Commission, and conducted 2 Professional/Screening tests at Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta,

Multan, Sukkur, D.I Khan and Gilgit as per following details:

CandidatesProfessional/Screening

DateRegistered Appeared

Remarks

Phase-I/2009 11th

to 13th

April 20091078 823

Pre-selection process has beencompleted and result forwardedfor fixation of interviews.

Phase-II/2009 22nd

June to 1st

July2009

34242 26044Under Process

Interview Schedule of Members of the Commission (During April-June-2009)

S_No. Name of Member Number of Cases/ ReviewPetitions

Candidates to beInterviewed

1 Syed Tariq Ali Bokhari andMr. Suhail Safdar

8 65

2. Mr. Shaukat Umer andSyed Asif Shah

17 135

3. Mr. Muhammad Asif Zaman Ansariand Syed Masood Alam Rizvi

21 78

4. Mr. Shaukat Umer andSyed Masood Alam Rizvi

12 158

5. Syed Tariq Ali Bokhari andMr. Suhail Safdar

25 95

Total 83 531

The Commission conducted interviews of 43 short listed candidates against 21 posts and recommendations

were made for 9 posts in BS-17 to 19 and BS-21. Most of the posts finalized belonged to Department of

Archaeology and Law, Justice and Human Rights Division. Failure against 12 posts was reported and main

cause of failure was due to non-qualifying the interviews by the candidates whereas in some cases no

candidate was found eligible to be called for interview. A brief summary of posts in various basic scales and

candidates competed for selection against these posts is as under:-


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BS Posts

Advertised

CandidatesApplied

Appeared

in Test.

Called forInterviews

Nominationmade

FailureReported

17 6 214 177 17 4 2

18 6 18 10 3 1 5

19 5 27 18 6 1 4

21 4 31 26 17 3 1

Total 21 290 231 43 9 12

Ministry/Division-Wise Detail of Selection of Officers for Various Posts(April-June, 2009)

Name of RequisitioningMinistry/Division/Department

Basic Scale

- 17 18 19 21

Defence Division - - 1 -

Ministry of Culture, 3 - - -

Law, Justice and Human Rights Division - - - 3

Water and Power Division - 1 - -

Social Welfare & Special Education Division 1 - - -

Total=9 4 1 1 3

IT Services

During the period, April to June 2009, 45481 applications received for various posts in BS-16 and above, were

processed. 34400 Admission Certificates (bearing scanned photographs of the candidates for identification) along

with Attendance Lists/Sheets and other reports relating to Recruitment Mandatory Tests (Phase-II/2009) were

prepared. Similarly 1105 applications received in HR Wing of FPSC for recruitment to various posts in BS-1 to BS-15

in the FPSC Secretariat were also processed.

Problems in Execution of Software on Online Recruitment System

M/s Ora-Tech System Ltd. developed a software on online recruitment system

under the sponsorship of Electronic Government Directorate (EDG). I.T Wing is

facing some problems in execution of the software. Therefore, a meeting under the

Chair of Secretary FPSC was held on 3rd June 2009 with technical experts of M/s

Ora-tech & EGD and agreed to rectify the errors in the software and system pointed

out by IT Wing of FPSC.

Candidates attempting written test for GeneralRecruitment at Islamabad Centre A blind candidate attempting written test for General

Recruitment on computer at FPSC HQs. Islamabad

A view of meeting with Ora-tech for

on-line Recruitment system on 3rd June,2009 at FPSC HQs.


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A view of FPSC stall in job fair camp at InternationalIslamic University, Islamabad.

Revamping Activities under PSCB Project of the Commission

The Studies on Revamping of General Recruitment System and Psychological

Assessment System are completed. Consultants have submitted Final Reports

followed by presentation to the Commission. Recommendations on study reports

are being examined which would be forwarded to the Establishment Division for

considered views.

FPSC Participated in National Job Fair-2009 at Islamabad

The Jang Group in collaboration with the International Islamic

University Islamabad organized a National Job Fair 2009 on 9th

- 10th

June 2009 to bring qualified unemployed Pakistani youth and

employers under one roof and to provide an opportunity to interact

with each other. Federal Public Service Commission also set up its

stall for dissemination of useful information about career opportunities

available under the Federal Government. Mian Muhammad Sarwar,

Educational Consultant and other officers from FPSC briefed the

intending candidates and educated youth about the general

requirements for Competitive Examinations and General Recruitment

System/Selection procedures.

Address by Secretary FPSC at Job Fair

Secretary, FPSC Shaukat Hayat Durrani paid a visit to counter set up by FPSC on 9th

June, 2009. Addressing on the

occasion, Secretary, FPSC said that more such job fairs should be arranged as they provide information and

guidance to the educated young people about the job market in the public and private sectors. He also highly

appreciated the efforts of staff of the Commission for creating awareness among the intending candidates about the

Recruitment System and transparent selection process adopted by the Commission.

Secretary, FPSC through a message published in Daily Jang opined that if business organizations participate in job

fairs, seeing it as their social responsibility to provide maximum employment opportunities to the youth, the job fairs

could contribute a lot to the countrys economic growth and poverty alleviation.

Seminar on Career Counselling and Job Opportunities through FPSC inUniversity of Agriculture, Faisalabad

Career Development Centre of GRAP in University of

Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), in collaboration with

FPSC arranged a Seminar on Career Counsellingand Job Opportunities on 26

thMay 2009, at UAF.

Mr. Ahsan, Gender specialist of GSU, Faisalabad

gave a presentation about the introduction of GRAP.

Mian Muhammad Sarwar, Educational Consultant,

FPSC, briefed the participants about the selection

procedures and career opportunities under the

Federal Government. He advised the students to

appear in the examinations with confidence and excellent communication skills. The Seminar was highly appreciated

by the University management and participants.

A view of meeting to revamping the PsychologicalAssessment process on 25th May 2009 at FPSC HQs

Mian Muhammad Sarwar, Educational Consultant explaining therecruitment system and procedure of FPSC at University ofAgriculture,Faisalabad


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Seminar on Civil Services as a Career in Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan

Career Development Centres (CDC) of GRAP in Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, in collaboration with British

University College Network, organized a seminar on Civil Service as a Career on 30th

April 2009 to disseminate

information about the Civil Service of Pakistan with special focus on CSS Competitive Examination conducted by

Federal Public Service Commission. Ms Aasia Zulfiqar, Career Development Officer, briefed the large gathering of

students about the Competitive Examination and General Recruitment procedures. The guest speakers also

delivered detailed presentations on Civil Service of Pakistan. The seminar was highly appreciated by the University

management and participants.

Seminar on Presenting Tribute to successful candidates of CE-2008 from Bhakkar

The Gender Support Unit (GSU) of GRAP Bhakkar in collaboration with FPSC Information Centre arranged a seminar

on 21st

April 2009. The objective of seminar was to present tribute to the finally qualified candidates in CE-2008,

hailing from Bhakkar District and to honour the contributions of those who made efforts in establishment of 1st

District

Woman Resource Centre in this district. Mr. Shahid Mahmood, Gender Specialist, welcomed the honourable guests.

He informed that six candidates including one female finally qualified the CE-2008 in the history of district Bhakkar for

the first time. He also paid compliments in the honour of the officials who contributed for establishment of 1st

District

Women Resource Centre in Bhakkar.

Redressal of Grievances

Candidates aggrieved by the Commissions decision after their Representation/Review Petition, to the Commission,

file Petitions/ Appeals in various courts of law in the country as per territorial jurisdiction of the courts. Such

Petitions/Appeals mainly relate to Competitive Examination, General Recruitment, Administrative and H.R matters.

On 31st

March 2009, 188 cases were under process in various courts of law. During 2nd

quarter of 2009, 28 new

cases in different courts were registered and 16 were decided. Thus, 200 cases are in process in various courts of

law. Detail of court cases is as under:

S.

No

Court/Forum As on 1st

April

2009

New Files

Opened

Cases

Heard

Total Decided In hand on 30th

June 2009

A B C D=(A+B) E F=(D-E)1. Supreme Court of Pakistan 12 - 5 12 - 12

2. Islamabad High Court 40 20 30 60 15 45

3. Lahore High Court 45 3 12 48 - 48

4. Sindh High Court 17 1 3 18 - 18

5. Peshawar High Court 13 1 3 14 - 14

6. Balochistan High Court 4 - 2 4 - 4

7. AJK High Court 2 - - 2 - 2

8. Federal Service Tribunal 46 3 16 49 1 48

9. Chief Court Gilgit 5 - - 5 - 5

10. Civil Courts/Misc 4 - - 4 - 4

Total 188 28 71 216 16* 200

* No case has been decided against the FPSCEmployees of the Month

Recognising their dedication and extra-ordinary service, following were declared as Employees of the Months for

January, April and May, 2009 respectively.

Mr. Muhammad NaeemStenographer Mr, Tanveer Muhammad Khan

Assistant

Mr, Muhammad Riaz Khattak,System Operator


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Capacity Building of FPSC Employees

Following Officers and Staff of the Commission have attended short training courses organized by Pakistan Institute of

Management, Karachi and Lahore, NICON College of Computer & Management Sciences Islamabad, Corvit System (Pvt)

Islamabad and Pakistan Computer Bureau, Islamabad for enhancement of their knowledge, skills and professional

competency for public service, under Public Sector Capacity Building Project, financed by the World Bank.

Officers:

S_No Name of Officer Designation Name of Course(s)

1. Mr Itrat Abbas Anwar Sr. Psychologist Spread Sheet Analysis (M.S. Excel)

2. Mr. Abrar ul Haq Shami Deputy Chief (IT)

i) Oracle 10g (Database AdministrationTrack)

ii) PHP Programming

iii) Advance Linux

3.Mr. Habib ur Rehman

System Analyst


ii) PHP Programming

4. Mr. Sain Faqir Deputy Director Principles of Good Management

5.Mr. Saleem Akbar Acting Deputy

DirectorDeveloping Managerial Competencies

6.Ms. Musarrat Javid

Private Secretary Executive Secretaries Course

7.Mr. MuhammadMoazzam Mirza

Assistant Director Problem Solving & Decision Making Skills

8.Mr. Tahir MahmoodShaikh Assistant Director

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9.Mr. Shujaat Hussain

Assistant DirectorTeam Work: Getting People to WorkTogether

10.Mr. Modood AhmadRehan

Assistant DirectorPrinciples of Good Management

11.Mr. Iftikhar Hussain

Assistant DirectorHow Do Effective Managers OrganizeThemselves

12.Mr. Haroon Rasheed

Assistant DirectorEffective Letters, Reports and Presentations

13.Mr. Akbar Azam Rajar

Assistant Director -do-

14.Mr. Nasir Pervaiz Research Officer Research Techniques for Decision Making

(New)

15.Mr. Naseer Akhtar

Research Officeri) Research Techniques for Decision

Making (New)ii) Spread Sheet Analysis (MS Excel)

16.Mr. Azad Khan

Data Control Officer


ii) PHP Programming


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S_No Name of Officer Designation Name of Course(s)

17.Mr. Farooq Ahmad

Junior Programmer


ii) PHP Programming

iii) Advance Linux

18.Mr. Asim Mehmood,

Junior Programmer


ii) PHP Programming

iii) Microsoft Certified System Engineer

iv) Advance Linux

19. Mr. Farooq AhmadHassan

Website Manager -do-

20.Mr. Salman Zafar Network

AdministratorMicrosoft Certified System Engineer

21. Mr. Muhammad Asif Computer Operator


ii) PHP Programming


22. Mr. Ghulam Muhammad Data ProcessingAssistant

Microsoft Certified System Engineer

23. Mr. Naveed Ahmad System Operator -do-

24.Mr. Muhammad Asghar Data Processing

Assistant


ii) PHP Programming


iv) Advance Linux

25. Raja Waheed Nawaz Data ProcessingAssistant

-do-

26.Mr. Muhammad Farooq Data Processing

AssistantOracle 10g (Database Administration Track)

27.Mr. Muhammad ImranShahid

Assistant DatabaseAdministrator

i) PHP Programming

ii) Oracle 10g (Database AdministrationTrack)

iii) Advance Linux

28.Mr. Muhammad Munir Data Processing

Assistant-do-

29.Mr. Naeem Rahat Deputy Assistant

DirectorIntroduction to Human ResourceManagement


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Officials:

S_No Name of Official Designation Name of Course(s)

30. Mr. Rasool Khan Stenographer Executive Secretaries Course

31. Mr Muhammad Iqbal Stenographer A + Computer Hardware

32. Mr. Kashif Ahmad Assistant Effective Purchase Management

33. Mr. Muhammad Saghir Khan Assistant -do-

34. Mr Ghulam Mehdi Assistant Basic I.T (MS Office)

35. Mr Wiqar Ali, Assistant Flash MX 2004

36.

Mr. Abdul Rehman Key Punch Operator i) PHP Programming

ii) Microsoft Certified System Engineer

iii) Advance Linux

37. Mr. Sajid Ullah Key Punch Operator -do-

38. Mr. Muhammad Abrar Key Punch Operator Microsoft Certified System Engineer

Upcoming Events

136th meeting of the Commission is expected to be held on 29th

August 2009, at FPSC Headquarters

Islamabad.

Allocation of Occupational Group/Service to the successful candidates of CE-2008 is expected in July 2009.

Final Passing Out Examination of 35th Common Training Programme probationers of Foreign Service of

Pakistan is scheduled to be commenced from 13th

to 20th

July 2009 at FPSC, Headquarters.

Final Passing Out Examination of 35th CTP Probationers of Commerce and Trade Group is scheduled to be

commenced from 27th

July to 7th

August, 2009 at FPSC Headquarters.

Conduct of Psychological Assessment and Viva Voce of the Armed Forces Inductees for Competitive

Examination 2008.

Scrutiny of documents of the candidates appeared in CE-2009.

Recruitment Mandatory Tests (Phase-III/2009) for all cases advertised vide Consolidated Advertisement

Nos. 22 to 25 of 2008 will be conducted in 3rd

week of August 2009.


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Provincial Offices of the Commission

Lahore: 31-Civic Centre, Mustafa Town, Wahdat Road Lahore. Ph. No.042-9260201

Karachi: H.M-2 Bath Island, Karachi, Ph.No.021-9250926

Peshawar: House No.29, behind Rehman Medical Complex, Sector B-2 Phase-V, Hayatabad, Peshawar,Ph.No. 091-9217337

Quetta: House No.199-B, Lane 24, Jinnah Town, Near FIA Office, Samungali Road, Quetta,Ph. No. 081-9202955

Regional Offices of the Commission

Multan: House No.2, Sabahat Street, Near Leadership College, Bosan Road, Multan. Ph. No. 061-6513193

Sukkur: House No. A-14 Jaffaria Housing Society Old Nara, Shikarpur Road, Sukkur, Ph.No.0302-5327458

D.I.Khan: House No. 30, Shami Road, D.I.Khan Cantt. Ph. No. 0966-712144

Gilgit: House No. A/439, Near Ayub Medical and General Store, Jinnah Road, Khumar, Gilgit Cantt,Ph. No. 05811-55410

FPSC Information Centres

Bahawalpur: Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Ph. No. 0621-9250238

Faisalabad: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Ph. No. 041-9200161-70

Jamshoro: University of Sindh, Jamshoro Ph. No. 022-771681-9

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. 058810-43102

Career Development Centres (CDCs) of GRAP, Punjab

Lahore: Career Development Center Department of Gender Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore.Ph. No. 042-9232155

Faisalabad: Career Development Center, Agriculture, Water Management Department University of Agriculture,Faisalabad. Ph. No. 041-2619992

Multan: Career Development Center, Extension V.C Office, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.Ph. No. 061-9210426

Bahawalpur: Career Development Center, Baghdad-I- Jadid Campus, Islamia University, Bahawalpur.Ph. No. 0333-5427811

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