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All those who cleared CSS exam may get allocations
Lahore, Jan 15, 2008: All 194 candidates who passed the Central
Superior Services (CSS)'s 2007 examination are likely to be allocated provided
they pass the interviews (psychological and personal hearing), which will
continue till February 6, sources said on Monday.
252 seats
would be distributed among ten occupational groups; 40 posts of Police Service
of Pakistan (PSP), 36 seats of the District Management Group (DMG), 18 seats of
Foreign Service of Pakistan (FSP), 20 seats of Customs, 48 seats of Income Tax,
30 posts of Pakistan Audit and Account Service (PAAS), 12 posts of Commerce and
Trade, 28 posts of Information group, 12 posts of Postal and 8 posts of Railways
group.
5.3 percent: Around 4,811 candidates had applied to the Federal
Public Service Commission (FPSC) for the CSS examination in 2007, in which 3,505
candidates appeared for written CSS examination. 194 candidates passed the
written examination and would be interviewed.
The pass percentage of CSS
2007 examination was 5.3 percent. The 194 candidates comprise 134 male
candidates, 60 females and two disabled candidates. Almost 134 candidates belong
to Punjab.
126 seats: The allocation of posts to merit and provincial or
regional quota has been made according to the existing policy of the government.
Besides 7.5 percent open merit, Punjab, including Islamabad, has 50 percent
provincial quota from the total seats. So Punjab has been awarded 126 seats out
of the total of 252, according to its regional quota. These posts for Punjab
have been observed including the 10 percent women quota from the share of each
region as 20 posts of PSP (18 for merit and two for women quota); 18 of DMG (16
for merit and two for women quota); nine of FSP (eight of merit and one for
women quota); 10 of Custom (nine for open merit and one for women quota); 24 for
Income Tax (22 for merit and two for women quota); 15 of PAAS (13 for merit and
two for women quota); six of Commerce and Trade; 14 for Information (13 for
merit and one for women quota); six for Postal (five of merit and one for women
quota) and four posts for Railways (three for merit and one for women
quota).
NWFP has 11.5 percent as its provincial quota. Twenty-eight open
merit seats out of 252 seats have been awarded to the NWFP. Five for PSP (four
for merit and one for women quota); four for DMG; three for FSP (two for merit
and one for women); two for Custom, five for Income Tax; three of PAAS, four of
Information (three for merit and one for women quota) and one each for Commerce
and Postal.
Besides open merit, AJK has two percent as its regional
quota, according to which six seats have been awarded to AJK. One for each group
PSP, DMG, Custom and Postal and two for Income Tax (one for merit and one for
women quota).
Northern areas and FATA, besides open merit has four
percent regional quota. It has been awarded ten posts. One of each group PSP,
DMG, FSP, Commerce and Trade and Information, three of PAAS (two for merit and
one of women quota) and two posts of Income Tax.
Rest of 82 posts have
been awarded to Sindh and Balochistan. Sindh, including Karachi has 19 percent
of its provincial quota. The share of Sindh will be further sub-allocated in the
following ratio: Urban areas, namely Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur have 40
percent out of 19 percent and rural areas in the rest of Sindh have 60 percent
out of 19 percent. Balochistan has six percent as its provincial quota.
Aitchisonians win GCU quiz competition
LAHORE: The Ravians' Quiz Society of
the Government College University (GCU) organised an inter-college and
university quiz competition 2008 in Bokhari Auditorium on Monday.
Eight
teams from various colleges and universities participated in the competition.
The Aitchison College team of Umer Iqbal and Waleed Jahandad won the
competition. The Lahore School of Economics team of Waqas Haleem and Mubeen Bin
Tariq were the runners up. The chief guest, Prof Asghar Nadeem Syed, awarded the
trophy and prizes to the winners. He praised the students for their excellent
IQ. Daily Times
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