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LAHORE – It remains to be seen whether the new policy recommended and forwarded by the committee comprising chief secretaries of Punjab and AJK and services secretaries of all the federating units be fruitful in bridging the gap between the PCS and PAS (formerly DMG) cadres or further increase it?
As per the new decision forwarded for further consideration, the BPS-18 officers of provincial services could be inducted into the Pakistan Administrative Services (PAS) through the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC).
The government would give the names of PCS officers for interview, and the successful candidates would enjoy the perks and privileges of the PAS. Punjab Chief Secretary Nasir Mahmood Khosa, who happens to be the convener of the committee, while taking to TheNation said the committee had sent the recommendations to the federal government for further consideration.
“The committee thoroughly considered the promotion process of provincial officers and recommended that about 10 percent of the available seats from all the provinces should be given to PCS officers, thus 30 officers from each province would be inducted into the PAS through the FPSC,” he informed.
The Punjab chief secretary said the committee recommended this to encourage the experienced and talented provincial officers as per the 1993 agreement. “The committee had also considered the current situation of Balochistan and decided to bring its officers into the national pool,” he added.
“The DMG officers played another trick and tried to manipulate the rightful demand of PMS Officers,” said a spokesman of the provincial services, adding that the new formula would further slow down the promotion process. “Let the apex court decide about our fate,” he maintained.
A PCS officer seeking anonymity said the Civil Service was established in 1954 and a few seats were reserved for CSP officers in the provinces. “Of the 663 Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) seats, only 58 seats were reserved for CSPs and the remaining 605 were exclusively set aside for provincial services; while 30 per cent quota of CSP seats was fixed for PCS officers and 28 PCS officers were to be inducted in the federal government from BPS-18 to BPS-22. Later, the DMG abolished Rule 7 in 1973 and the PCS quota in the federal government was wiped out. This was the first trick of the DMG against provincial officers,” he alleged.
The present move, the PCS officer said, was aimed at mitigating the effects of the case under trial in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He maintained that on average 15 years were required for promotion from BPS-17 to BPS-18. “After the implementation of the present formula, PCS officers would get promotion after 20 years of service,” he feared.
“A BPS-18 officer, who may be a deputy secretary in the province, would be elevated as section officer in BPS-18 in the federal government and transferred to the other provinces. As per the rules of promotion from BPS-18 to BPS-19, he or she would have to wait for another seven years,” the officer said.

PCS Officers Organisation President Rai Manzoor Nasir rejected the new formula saying provincial officers in BPS-18 enjoy rapid promotion but with the implementation of the present formula, the promotion process of such officers would become slow. Why PCS officers were not taken on board while taking decisions about their future, he wondered.
Nasir said CSPs should give quota to provincial services in all the grades as it happens in the PSP. After the 18th amendment, the role of CSPs in the provinces has reduced, he claimed.


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THIS is apropos of Hussain Nadim’s letter ‘Civil Service in decline’ (Aug 27). First of all, each year there is a diversified list of candidates for enrollment (13,071 applied in CE-2011) from graduates and postgraduates.
Secondly, the trends for setting a paper have drastically changed. One should pick up a test paper and analyse the prevailing pattern.
For “United Kingdom’s Graduate Fast Stream” part, there are questions on analytical assessments, which after clearing the written portion, spread over a period of two days.
A viva voce is taken in front of a highly competent panel where one’s verbal and written skills are assessed. There is also a medical test to gauge the candidate’s physical fitness.


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THIS is apropos of the article ‘Civil Service in decline’ (Aug 27). I disagree with the writer’s contention that the reason that Pakistan’s bureaucracy is so undistinguished and lacking is due to the content of the CSS examinations.
The writer has put forward the usual, trite complaints that CSS examinations are nothing but a means of testing the rote learning techniques of candidates, that innovative thinking is not encouraged and that there is a sinister, state-sponsored narrative that all candidates must ascribe to in order to be awarded high marks. The article seems to be riddled with contradictions, as he first claims rote learning to be the key to success and in the next breath states that there is no fixed answer to certain questions in the compulsory papers.
This in itself indicates that such questions are broadbased and subjective: it is up to the candidate’s innate ability to use his knowledge to answer the questions.
In subjects where there is a fixed answer, Mr Nadim states that even if the fixed answer was incorrectly answered by the candidate, he should be given credit for the working of that answer, although the candidates who sit the examinations are not elementary or high school students but adults who know the consequences of an incorrect answer. In short, Mr Nadim is unhappy when there is no fixed answer (where the candidate’s own ability must elevate him) and when there is a fixed answer (where the candidate’s failure to correctly answer the question is, shockingly, not rewarded).
I also disagree with his observations on the English paper. The papers are of extremely high quality in that they test the reading, verbal and comprehension abilities of the candidates. The solution is not to dumb down the papers so that candidates can better attempt such papers (a la the SAT exams that allow students to ‘work the system’ according to Kaplan and Princeton study guides) but to better the educational system of Pakistan.
The CSS examinations are a recruitment device for government servants at the highest levels of governance, nationally and internationally, and the papers should reflect this. It is not for nothing that this is called a competitive examinations.
Additionally, the battery of psychological tests that a candidate must pass (before the interview and after the written examinations) mirrors England’s Graduate Fast Stream. I take my hat off to anyone who after the combined triad of written examinations, psychological tests and interview is able to emerge in the top 200 out of thousands of candidates. It is hardly a feat to be sneered at.
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THIS is apropos of Hussain Nadim’s article on civil service in Pakistan (Aug 27). The writer tried to prove that the selection process in civil service is rotten and there should be some improvement in it.
I second his opinion, but there are some other focal points which I want to add. There must be pre-CSS analytical test. The selection of optional subjects must be according to the department or service for which they are competing.
Police service should have separate recruitment examinations like in India and the other developed countries.
Moreover, every occupational group has a separate examination. In this way, there will be selection of specific candidates for the specific service group.
They will compete on equal grounds for a particular service or group. Ultimately they will perform better in their relevant and specific occupational groups. The FPSC and the authorities concerned must look over it for the betterment of civil service in Pakistan.


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ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Pakistan’s top bureaucracy is feeling the heat of the burning problem of Balochistan more acutely as the federal government has made it mandatory for officers to serve for three years in the restive province.
Officers of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) who have already served in “hard areas” appear jealous of the officers who hardly ever had to leave the comforts and safety of posh cities for the discomforts and dangers of hard postings.
Last month Establishment Division conveyed its new Rotation Policy to the chief secretaries and the inspector generals of police of the four provinces, the director general Civil Services Academy and the commandants of National Police Academy and the Frontier Constabulary, asserting that three-year service in Balochistan would be mandatory and that the criteria for all current and future postings would be on merit.
That would mean officers of Balochistan domicile who have completed three years of service outside the province may be posted back to their province of origin.
Same would apply to officers who have remained posted in the federal government, or a province not of their domicile, as well as those who have served outside their province of domicile but not served in Balochistan.
Similarly officers who have served in Balochistan but for less than three years could be sent back to complete mandatory service period.
In addition, five top PAS and PSP probationary officers will be allocated to Balochistan for their initial appointment.
Most officers, however, were surprised that PAS and PSP officers serving in safe cities, and enjoying its comforts, have been put on equal footing with those serving in hard and conflict-ridden areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They argue that “Balochistan is not the only disturbed or troubled part of the country”.A bitter PAS officer serving in a troubled part of KP contrasted “the lifestyles of us and those who enjoy the safety and comforts of big cities”.
“We even find it risky to share with anyone our plans for field visits. There is constant risk of being abducted. We don’t move without security because we can be slaughtered on the road,” he said.
Another PAS officer, who has spent a year in Khyber Agency, informed: “We either hire taxis or switch number plates on official vehicles to avoid becoming identifiable targets.”
Theirs was no empty talk. Only two days back militants gunned down a senior police officer, Jamil Kakar, in Quetta. Officers serving at hard posts have no family life. One of them, who had spent two years in Malakand, said most officers suffer from psychological distress as “surviving the day looked a miracle”.
After all the life in those days was lived “in the midst of bomb blasts, flying bullets and bursting rockets, military movements, bodies and the injured and displaced families,” he said.
“Violence and mayhem were as familiar as grass and sunshine and the topic to discuss day in and day out.
“At worst of the times, you could not get even clean drinking water. Despite the challenges, our resolve to serve the country was unshaken,” the officer said, speaking for his likes.
“PAS/PSP officers are not only serving but delivering – as best as possible,” he said, bitter about “being treated equal to those who were spared hot spot postings”.
They believe it would have been better for policymakers to identify “hard areas” in all provinces for compulsory postings for “all officers”.
“We need officers in Fata and KP, far-flung areas of southern Punjab as well as the poor districts of interior Sindh. These are all part of Pakistan and need good officers,” said a PSP officer who returned to Islamabad last year after completing three years in KP.
But the Establishment Division maintains that Balochistan was a province of national significance. Of the 70 vacancies there only five were occupied by officers. There were no hard areas for the civil officers and the terminology was used only in the military, according to the Establishment Division.
Secretary Establishment Taimur Azmat Osman said posting in Balochistan was not a punishment.
“The problem in Balochistan is of administration. The posts have to be filled. In a tribal setup, the locals prefer officers from the federal government who they believe are neutral,” he said, stressing that the province could neither be ignored nor deprived of competent officers.
“There are no exemptions for officers who had or are serving in other troubled parts of the country,” he asserted.


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‘Civil service in decline’



THIS is with reference to the article ‘Civil service in decline’ (Aug 27). The writer is of the opinion that decline in civil service is on account of improper structure of CSS competitive examination which promotes rote learning and state-sponsored answers in some papers; that marks are not allotted for the steps taken in working an answer but only a right answer.

Viewpoint expressed by the writer seems to be the outcome of some misconception, as professors of reputable universities who are working as paper setters and examiners; or the examination itself, judge knowledge, comprehension, and foremost the critical and analytical skills of a candidate through the examination as the annual reports can be referred to.

As English is the official language of the country, an officer’s command over the language is necessary to carry out assignments efficiently and effectively.

English Essay and English “Precis and Composition” are considered as the best tools to test proficiency in English language.

It is an admitted fact that religious and cultural values create patriotism among citizens, therefore introduction of Islamiat and Pakistan Studies form part of compulsory group with a view to assess knowledge of a Pakistani in various aspects of ideology of Pakistan.

Around 40 optional subjects are included in the list of optional subjects to judge candidates’ performance in their own fields and candidates are at liberty to choose subjects comprising 600 marks of their own choice that is why scientists (medical doctors and engineers) choose non scientific subjects and secure good positions.

Hence, the conclusion drawn by the writer – discrimination in some subjects is found – is neither correct nor fair. That is why persons like Muhammad Umair and Sana Khalid Tirmizi in their letters (Aug 30) and (Sept 5) respectively have appreciated the existing scheme and syllabi of the examination.

However, FPSC, as a general principle strives to review and improve the standard of testing by including latest developments in various educational fields/disciplines in its examination and testing process. The core objective is to select the best out of the best through a fiercely competitive but fair system.

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THIS is apropos of Hussain Nadeem’s article ‘Civil Service in decline’ (Aug 27). The writer has highlighted a very important issue which needs to be addressed on an urgent basis. He has clearly mentioned as to how the English essay is assessed.
Mr Nadeem writes, “The grading of CSS examinations is not centralised. Answer scripts are left to the mercy of individual examiners who are likely to grade according to personal biases and training.”
I am one of those unlucky candidates who have become a victim of this paper-checking criterion. I got 62/100 marks in the English essay in CSS-2009.
The topic was ‘The future of democracy in Pakistan’ and in the same year I got 75/100 marks in Provincial Management Services in which the topic was ‘Action speaks louder than words’. However, in CSS – 2010, I was awarded only 25/100 when I was far better prepared and the topic this time was ‘Literature is the best criticism of life’.
Moreover, the writer has not addressed a crucial issue regarding it which is the allocation of departments once the final merit list is made. The merit list is made on the basis of the marks obtained (written+interview).
Another fatal mistake is being made here, as departments are allocated by the FPSC according to the position in the merit list.
His or her educational and professional background is not given any importance.
Candidates, who are around the 100th position, are given ‘Income Tax’ , ‘Audit’ and ‘Accounts’ groups.
But most of the time, candidates have done their MA in English or Political Science or Journalism or Sociology. How do we expect that the students of social sciences can master the technique of complicated auditing?
On top of that, only those candidates stay in these departments who have either availed all three chances of appearing in the CSS exam or have become overage.
Otherwise, they spend more time on improving their position in the next exam rather than focusing on their training.
Finally, we will have to make drastic changes in this prestigious exam which could be departmentalised. A candidate should be given a clear choice of his department.
Once he chooses a department, he should expect that all the papers would be from the respective field. For instance, International Relations and International Law papers should be taken from those who are interested in Foreign Office, and auditing-related papers from the aspirants of Audit and Accounts group rather than Arabic, Punjabi or Pushto.
If we fail to change our outdated system, we will never have an active, professional and vibrant civil service.


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ACCORDING to notifications, no. F. 3(1)-R5/2010 dated July 3, 2012, and no. F. 3(1)-R5/2010 dated Sept 5, 2012, issued by the ministry of finance, the conveyance allowance of officers of Basic Pay Scales 16 to 19 has been increased from Rs2,480 to Rs5,000, while they say nothing about the officers in grade 20 and above who are not sanctioned official vehicle.
I would like to draw the attention of the ministry of finance regarding anomaly in the conveyance allowance of employees/officers of grade 20 and above who are being paid Rs2,480, while those in grade 16 to 19 are being paid Rs 5,000 since July.
It seems an anomaly which needs to be rectified/reviewed so as to avoid discrimination. During the financial year 2008-20099, the government vide letter number F1(1)imp(2008) dated May 30, 2008, had increased conveyance allowance from Rs1,240 to Rs2,480 of all the officers from BPS 16 to BPS 22.
Hence, the ministry of finance is requested for removal of anomaly so that officers of grade 20 and above, who are not sanctioned an official vehicle, can also get conveyance allowance according to the grade.
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The ‘intellectual’ in Civil Service

THIS is with reference to Hussain Nadim’s article ‘Civil Service in decline’ (Aug 27). He is right in saying that “there is no way for a critical and analytical thinker to pass these (Civil Service) exams.”
The basic reason for it is our abysmal education system which prompts students to depend on numerous guides and solved question papers. Owing to which CSS examinations have mainly become a game of numbers. Candidates don’t seem to be concerned about raising their intellectual taste or worth.
The great harm this faulty system of education has done to the nation is that today the ‘intellectual’ in the Civil Service is undergoing a gradual extinction.
Today’s civil servants couldn’t be deemed as intellectual descendents of the former ICS and CSP officers who used to be intellectual giants due to their vast studies.
Charles H. Kennedy, in his brilliantly authored treatise ‘Bureaucracy in Pakistan’, was also grieved over the sharp intellectual decline of our bureaucrats. According to him, the post-independence Civil Service of Pakistan ceased to produce men of intellectual calibre like ICS officers of the colonial era.
He further went on writing that instead of focusing on their intellectual grooming, the Pakistani brand of civil servants seems obsessed in pursuing other myopic goals like postings, perks and privileges. This makes them ineffectual in comparison to their foreign counterparts who are well-read and in a better position to provide the intellectual input for the policymaking framework.
Mr Nadim is right in saying that ‘Pakistan desperately needs to restructure and refine its bureaucracy by attracting leading intellectuals.’
This is a timely recipe for the assurance of an effective bureaucracy and good governance in Pakistan. But it can’t be achieved unless and until the FPSC is willing to develop an update examination structure which prefers widely-read individuals conversant with many facets of knowledge to those exposed to a mere constricted curriculum and shortcut measures.
We certainly have to care for the best minds of our society. Otherwise our Civil Service is prone to become the victim of Honore de Balzac’s scathing definition: “Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.”
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