Instruction for Students

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ISLAMABAD
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO
THE POSTS OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (BS-17), SECTION
OFFICER (BS-17), PROJECT MANAGER (BS-17) AND DEVELOPMENT
OFFICER (BS-16) IN GILGIT-BALTISTAN SECRETARIAT.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
(Please note that Admission for Combined Competitive Examination is provisional)

  1. Please read carefully the rules for the Combined Competitive Examination and Instructions to Candidates before filling the Application Form. Please note that the prescribed conditions are not relaxable.
  2. The Application Form bears a serial number, the candidates are cautioned that in all correspondence with the Commission in connection with this application, before they receive their Roll Numbers, the serial number of the Application and National Identity Card number must be quoted. Otherwise Candidate’s letter will not be attended. This is very important. 
  3. As it is to be computerized the enclosed Application Form must be filled in capital letters and in clear and legible handwriting or it may be typed.
  4. The Application Form must be submitted direct to the Secretary, Federal Public Service  Commission, Aga Khan Road, F-5/1, Islamabad, its Provincial and Regional Offices on or before the closing date given in the advertisement. Any Application sent through mail on or before the closing date shall be acceptable if received in the Commission office within three (03) working days of the closing date.
  5. The candidates are allowed to fax (Fax No. 051-9213386, 9203410) the first page of Application Form duly signed only to FPSC, Headquarters, Islamabad before the closing date. All such faxes will be treated as provisionally accepted Applications. However, the duly-filled Application Form alongwith all related documents must reach the FPSC Headquarters, Islamabad within 10 days of the closing date failing which all such Applications shall stand rejected.
  6. All communication should be addressed to the Secretary, Federal Public Service Commission by designation, and not by name. No Application or letter addressed to a Member/Officer of the Commission by name will be considered.
  7. An acknowledgement receipt will be issued to those who submit their Application personally at FPSC Offices at Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar, Multan, Sukkur, D.I.Khan and Gilgit. If a candidate sends his/her Application by post or any other means of communication such as through courier service he/she must send a self addressed envelope duly stamped so that the acknowledgement could be sent to him/her by registered post. In case of non compliance, no claim of submitting the Application will be entertained under any circumstances.
  8. Candidates must make their own arrangements for communications addressed to them at the addresses stated in their Applications to be redirected to their new addresses, when necessary. Any change of address should be communicated at once to the Secretary, Federal Public Service Commission. Although the Commission will make every effort to take account of changes in candidate’s address, they cannot accept any responsibility in the matter.
  9. Candidates should not write their postal addresses care of Post Box Number etc, as postal authorities do not accept registered letters at such an address. 
  10. Candidates should note that no request for change of centre will normally be entertained. When a candidate, however, desires to change his/her centre, from the one indicated in his/her Application Form for the examination, he/she should make a written request to this effect to the Secretary, Federal Public Service Commission, Islamabad and send it by registered post, giving full justification as to why he/she desires to do so. Such requests will be considered only on merit.
  11. The candidates must send the following documents with their Applications:-
    1. Original Treasury Receipt of Rs. 1000/- (for all candidates)
    2. Attested copy of Matriculation & Intermediate Certificates. In case date of birth is not mentioned in Matriculation certificate, also attach a certificate of age as per rules.
    3. Attested copy of Degree(s)/Provisional Certificate(s) issued by the University.
    4. Candidates possessing Degree(s) from Private Universities or Foreign Universities must submit Recognition Certificate(s) issued by the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad.
    5. The candidates must submit proof of Division/Grade obtained in the Degree(s) and date of announcement of their result.
    6. Recent passport size 06 photographs mentioning name and father’s name on its back and should be attested by Gazetted Officer.
    7. Attested copy of National Identity Card and Self-Domicile certificate.
    8. Departmental Permission Certificate from the competent authority, if applicable.
  12. Next instruction have these steps.
    1. Fee should be deposited on or before the closing date in the National Bank of Pakistan or State Bank of Pakistan. The Bank should be asked to credit the amount to the Government under the account head “C02101-Organs of State-Examination Fee Realized by FPSC”.
    2. The name of the NBP/SBP at which the fee has been deposited should be clearly entered in the treasury receipt. The treasury receipt should be on the form prescribed for the Federal Government Transactions and should be obtained from the treasury at which the fee is deposited.
    3. Candidates outside Pakistan may submit their Applications without paying the prescribed examination fee. They must, however, arrange to pay the fees and send the receipt before the date of the examination.
    4. Cash, postal orders, bank drafts, Money orders and cheques will not be accepted by the Commission.
  13. A character certificate may be obtained from the Principal of an educational institution, which the candidate is attending or has attended OR from any Gazetted Officer.
  14. Every candidate for admission to this examination will be informed, at the earliest possible date, of the result of his/her application. If a candidate does not receive this communication at least 10 days before the commencement of the examination, he/she should at once inform the Commission in writing. Failure to comply with this provision will deprive the candidates of any claim to consideration.
  15. The fact that an Application Form has been supplied on whatever date, will not be accepted as an excuse for the late submission of an Application or as an evidence of the receiver’s eligibility to compete.
  16. Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with due economy of words in all subjects of the Examination. The number of questions required in the compulsory subjects and optional subjects to be attempted will only be marked and the questions attempted in excess of the required number will not be taken into account.
  17. A candidate called for Viva Voce Test, will be required to bring his/her original certificates viz, Matric, Degree, Domicile certificate, National Identity Card and Admission Certificate on the date he/she appears for Viva Voce Test. The certificates will be returned to the candidate on the spot if found in order.
  18. The candidates are cautioned that those who qualify in the written examination would be required to submit to the Commission their original certificates at the time of Viva Voce Test. They should therefore, ensure before hand that the required original certificates are ready with them by the prescribed time for submission to the Commission. The candidates who fail to submit their original certificates at the time of Viva Voce Test will not be allowed to appear for Viva Voce Test.
  19. Candidates are cautioned that they should in no case tamper with the entries in the Documents submitted by them. Any document found to have been tampered with, will be liable to be retained by the Commission and the candidate who has submitted it, will be liable to be criminally prosecuted in addition to being permanently debarred from the Commission’s Examinations and selections and from
    employment under Government.
  20. After the final results of the Examination have been announced by the Commission, all communications regarding physical examination, appointment on the results of the examination, etc. should be addressed directly to the Secretary, Law & Prosecution and LG & RD, Gilgit-Baltistan Secretariat.
  21. Important:- Candidates are cautioned that an Application which is not signed, received incomplete or wrongly filled in and is not accompanied by any required documents, will be rejected. 
  22. If a candidate tears out page (s) from the Answer Book, he/she may be awarded Zero Mark in the concerned paper/subject. 
  23. During the Written Examination the candidate must be in proper dress as shorts and equivalent dress are considered as being too informal for the occasion.
  24. The candidates should not keep Mobile Telephone, Digital diaries, Blue Tooth attachment, Personal Computers and Purse etc. in their possession during written examination.
  25. No candidate will be admitted to the Examination Hall more than half an hour after an examination begins. No candidate will be permitted to leave the Examination Hall within an hour of the beginning of any examination. No candidate who leaves the Examination Hall during the examination may return without special permission, which he must obtain before he/she leaves.
  26. Disabled candidates in the categories of physically impaired, hearing/speech impaired (Deaf and Dumb) and visually impaired (Blind) are allowed to compete for Combined Competitive Examination in the following manners.
    1. Disabled candidates viz visually impaired (blind), physically impaired, hearing/speech (Deaf and Dumb) will be provided helper such as Writer, if so requested by them in their Application Forms.
    2. Extra time @ 15 minutes per hour will be allowed to the visually impaired (Blind) candidates. Request of Computer literate candidates for provision of computer equipment etc. to attempt question papers will be entertained. Examination for such candidates will be held at Islamabad only. However, no TA/DA etc. will be admissible.
    3. Note:-
      1. Disabled candidates must submit a certificate of disability issued by the competent authority designated for the purpose by the Federal/Provincial Government.
      2. The disabled candidates will compete in accordance with the Government Recruitment policy, as there will not be any separate quota for disabled candidates.
NOTE: This issues with the approval of the Government.
(to be detached and retained by the candidate)