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one of my old friend is in nab, today i called him to enquire about the induction prrocess. first he told there is a lot of secrecy and only cencerned person can tell the exact date. however he told the stay order of HC is for grade 18 and above. grade 17 will go on normally.
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i ve also done masters in economics and have secured 69 for ad.i also had the same question in mind....
may be i was called bc they want to encourage women...

You got 69...this is an excellent score. You must be an intelligent woman. It is not about encouraging women to compromise on basic requirments. I think they may have realised MA and MSc are both masters degree, hence accepted both of the nomenclature.
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Guys,

In late 2007, NAB had advertised various positions of JIO, AD and DD. Written and Psychological tests were conducted and as long as my memory goes the candidates were also shortlisted for the interview. In the midst of recruitment process, some changes took place on the political landscape of Pakistan and the new government decided to wind up NAB. This led to curtailing NAB budget and reducing its workforce besides clipping the powers vested to it through NAO-1999. Due to financial crunch, NAB halted the recruitment process and those vacancies were, perhaps, subsequently cancelled.

With this stay of the Honorable Court, the current recruitment – which has sparked this interesting debate – seems to have run into a kind of predicament as it is going to be a month since the psychological test took place and its result is nowhere in the sighting. Given the political upheavals in the country and this court stay not yet moving to any logical conclusion, I am afraid the recruitment process may stretch out beyond elections, and the new government, if formed by some other political party, will have its own priorities with respect to accountability system in the country.

When NAB officials filed petition against the ongoing recruitment, I was sure that it was not to augur well for the prospects of new hiring and my concerns went right. While the stay of Honorable Court that precluded NAB from issuing final offer letters has slowed down the hiring process, one will NOT have reasons to feel smug if one is called for the interview after success in the psychological test. The only way forward that I reckon has a sliver living in this episode of uncertainty is settlement of the Honorable Court’s stay. I am sure the top management of NAB is working on resolving these issues; the soonest it can. But delay will make matters worse. So far NAB has done a fantastic job to maintain impartiality and transparency – two of its hallmarks in the domain of its investigative operations – in recruitment through the NTS to escape doubts on its credibility; kudos to the Chairman and the DG HR.

I don’t want to leave here any pessimistic impression about what is going on, but reality is that the longer the irritants persist the deeper limbo the recruitment remains in. Let us keep our fingers crossed that issues of serving NAB officials are amicably settled to help new recruitment process move forward.
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@Sky Marshal

Yes I have heard of this and I second your claim of that 2007 incident.

But I tried to do some research on this and maybe you can help me here. Yes we know that 2007 hiring process was halted due to political unrest of late 2007 and early 2008. But then there was another hiring that took place in late 2008. My question is that were the qualified candidates of 2007 process called back for 2008 process or was the 2008 process a new one altogether? If it was a new one then why there was no protest from the candidates who were shortlisted for interview in 2007? Because I know that if this process is halted for now and then later they resume the process, we will protest to get our rights. We have qualified the written part and those who qualify psychological should be given a chance for whenever NAB decides to hire for vacant posts. Let them sort their mess out but the LUCKY ones who have made it so far deserve these posts. I mean the success rate is around 2% here and will be around 1% (for finally qualified candidates who receive the offer letter) This rate (of finally successful candidates:total candidates) is even lower than the CSS
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In the recent months NAB chairman met the president of Pakistan and discussed the prevailing matters and the budget of the organization.

Hopefuly the word budget has a broad meaning.

The case of promotions by the NAB officials pending the honourable court does not look strong enough to hurt the on goin process. Althoug it does imped a bit but the recruitment process will definitely reach its logical conclusion.

So stay calm and think positive.
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In 2008, the new PPP government was the direct victim of NAB in the famous NRO case and supreme court was not willing to let go of these corrupt politicians who were NAB convicted. It was due to this reason that NAB was first tried to be disbanded by the government but the attempt failed. However, the financial crunch and reduction of staff strength to seriously low levels by sending contractual employees home made NAB virtually impotent. Now when NAB has survived the onslaught it is expected that it will rise to its lost glory again. Yes, this process has to be completed before next elections otherwise chances of recruitment will erode. Nevertheless, there are almost six months for the government to go and if this thing is not completed within this time frame then when will it be?
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hey fellas!! i cleared both jio and Ad tests. . however i gave my psychological test for AD, which was the same as for JIO. . The point is that i dint submit my domicile when i submitted my academic documents on 4th of Aug, but the worrying thing is that i havent yet received any call from NAB about submission of domicile. .
I want your rational opinion about this, is it something to worry about?
Would be grateful for your comments and opinions . . TC
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Yes dear domicile z necessary for recruitment/ short listing purpose. it z better u send a copy of domicile certificate on the following address as soon as possible.

Training & Evaluation Wing
National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
Attaturk Avenue G-5/2, Islamabad
Tel: 051-9208108
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Guys,

In late 2007, NAB had advertised various positions of JIO, AD and DD. Written and Psychological tests were conducted and as long as my memory goes the candidates were also shortlisted for the interview. In the midst of recruitment process, some changes took place on the political landscape of Pakistan and the new government decided to wind up NAB. This led to curtailing NAB budget and reducing its workforce besides clipping the powers vested to it through NAO-1999. Due to financial crunch, NAB halted the recruitment process and those vacancies were, perhaps, subsequently cancelled.

With this stay of the Honorable Court, the current recruitment – which has sparked this interesting debate – seems to have run into a kind of predicament as it is going to be a month since the psychological test took place and its result is nowhere in the sighting. Given the political upheavals in the country and this court stay not yet moving to any logical conclusion, I am afraid the recruitment process may stretch out beyond elections, and the new government, if formed by some other political party, will have its own priorities with respect to accountability system in the country.

When NAB officials filed petition against the ongoing recruitment, I was sure that it was not to augur well for the prospects of new hiring and my concerns went right. While the stay of Honorable Court that precluded NAB from issuing final offer letters has slowed down the hiring process, one will NOT have reasons to feel smug if one is called for the interview after success in the psychological test. The only way forward that I reckon has a sliver living in this episode of uncertainty is settlement of the Honorable Court’s stay. I am sure the top management of NAB is working on resolving these issues; the soonest it can. But delay will make matters worse. So far NAB has done a fantastic job to maintain impartiality and transparency – two of its hallmarks in the domain of its investigative operations – in recruitment through the NTS to escape doubts on its credibility; kudos to the Chairman and the DG HR.

I don’t want to leave here any pessimistic impression about what is going on, but reality is that the longer the irritants persist the deeper limbo the recruitment remains in. Let us keep our fingers crossed that issues of serving NAB officials are amicably settled to help new recruitment process move forward.

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@Sky Marshal

Yes I have heard of this and I second your claim of that 2007 incident.

But I tried to do some research on this and maybe you can help me here. Yes we know that 2007 hiring process was halted due to political unrest of late 2007 and early 2008. But then there was another hiring that took place in late 2008. My question is that were the qualified candidates of 2007 process called back for 2008 process or was the 2008 process a new one altogether? If it was a new one then why there was no protest from the candidates who were shortlisted for interview in 2007? Because I know that if this process is halted for now and then later they resume the process, we will protest to get our rights. We have qualified the written part and those who qualify psychological should be given a chance for whenever NAB decides to hire for vacant posts. Let them sort their mess out but the LUCKY ones who have made it so far deserve these posts. I mean the success rate is around 2% here and will be around 1% (for finally qualified candidates who receive the offer letter) This rate (of finally successful candidates:total candidates) is even lower than the CSS

@alirsahto – Good questions.

First of all, there was no unrest at the time in real sense of the word. However, there was some disturbance triggered by transition from the democracy of dictators to the democracy of politicians at that time. Now coming to your questions:

1. Were the qualified candidates of 2007 process called back for 2008?
No. There was no qualified candidate since the recruitment process was aborted after the psychological test. Hence, no one was called back.

2. The 2008 process a new one altogether?
There was no hiring in 2008. At that time NAB was battling for its survival as a result of tight budget and lukewarm response from government to mend its affairs. Naveed Ahsan, the former NAB Chairman, did his best to revitalize role of NAB in countering corruption in the country. But I think due to the trends at the time, Mr. Ahsan was not able to reinvigorate NAB to the level it functioned during previous government with complete workforce.

3. Why there was no protest from the candidates who were shortlisted for interview in 2007?
In principle, you reserve no legitimate right to challenge the employer for cancelling the positions. If you noticed at the bottom of the advertisement it reads that the bureau has right to cancel the positions. As the guys had merely passed the personality test, not the interview, they were in a weaker position to register a protest.

Your comments that if this process is halted for now and then later they resume the process, we will protest to get our rights, we cannot protest even if we pass the psychological test, let alone the written test as the bureau has right to cancel the positions. Let us erase this idea of protestations from our mind.

With regard to your comparison of passing rate of NAB with that of CSS, I am confident to say that NAB test was no match of CSS exam. The two exams are pole apart in terms of the magnitude of study, hard work, intellect and knowledge. For CSS, well-prepared and knowledgeable people – numbering in the four digits – take this exam after extensive studies. For NAB test, I am sure most of the folks that numbered beyond the six digits were below average and mediocre like me. That is how the passing rate seems low.
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Thanks for making things clear brother. I hope this process goes on, and yes I am aware that NAB can cancel the process but that will be totally unethical to cancel the process right before giving the offer letter, and then starting a new one. Any ways my comparison of css with this was a joke, I am well aware of the preparation of CSS. I myself appeared in 2011 and failed on aggregate after clearing the compulsories. So I know how painful that is to waste your 6+ months of preparation.
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