You are all misleading the poor chap. If he is serving in any provincial / federal government department and holding regular / temporary appointment in BS-17 AND he has submitted DPC (Annex-E form available on FPSC website) duly filled and signed by the competent authority, then his prioir service WILL be counted and he will also get pay protection. The only point worth noting is that while length of service will be added to new appointment in PAS, but he will only be considered for promotion to BS-18 AFTER his seniors have been considered for promotion (so as to ensure that there is no violation of 'inter-se' seniority).
The difference will be that fresh appointees will be promoted after 5 years of service in PAS whereas his length of service in BS-17 will be, for example, 7 years (2 years in medicine and 5 years in PAS). Assume hypothetically that many people above him resign for some reason, it s possible that he could be considered for promotion to BS-18 before completion of 5 years of service in PAS. This is because to be eligible for promotion to BS-18, one needs 5 years of continuous government service in BS-17 and that experience can be from any department. Hope that clarifies the issue and helps other aspirants to understand how the civil service works.
(Source: Govt. Officer with vast experience in handling service matters)
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