District Management Group or DMG, is an elite cadre of the Civil Service of Pakistan. Officers in this group are recruited through a competitive examination held once a year by the Federal Public Service Commission[1] of Pakistan. Those selected for this group have to undergo a two-year training programme at the Civil Services Academy (CSA) in Lahore, Pakistan.
Appointments
Officers, after completing their initial training/probation at the CSA are posted in the field offices throughout Pakistan in BPS 17 Grade appointments. Their first appointment is usually as Assistant Commissioner of a sub-division. They also simultaneously hold the charge of Deputy Collector (Revenue) and Sub-Divisional Magistrate. Subsequently as they progress in their careers, DMG Officers are placed on a variety of field, staff/secretarial and instructional appointments. Some of them against the BPS grades are enumerated as:
* BPS 17: Assistant Commissioner/Sub-Divisional Magistrate/Deputy Collector (Revenue) in the field, Section Officer in Secretariat, or Deputy Director of an agency
* BPS 18: Deputy Commissioner/District Magistrate/Collector (Revenue) for a smaller district, Deputy Secretary in provincial secretariat, or Director of an agency .
* BPS 19: Deputy Commissioner/District Magistrate/Collector (Revenue) for a large district, Additional Secretary in provincial secretariat, Director General of an agency, or Federal Deputy Secretary.
* BPS 20: Commissioner of a Division, Provincial Secretary, or Federal Joint Secretary.
* BPS 21: Additional Chief Secretary of Province, or Additional Secretary in Federal Secretariat
* BPS 22: Chief Secretary of Province, or Federal Secretary
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_Management_Group
The District Management Group (DMG) is generally considered to be the most prestigious of the numerous civil service “occupational groups” in Pakistan. Even now, in a period which is generally considered to be one of decline for the civil services,3 more than 80 percent of the candidates in the annual competitive examination opt for DMG as their first choice.
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