FPSC alters CSS 2009 results

FPSC step caused a heartbreak for 13 candidates
Lahore, June 19: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC), in an unheard of move, on Friday amended the results of the Central Superior Services examinations, causing a heartbreak for 13 candidates as their positions stood downgraded.

The FPSC put down the error to a "system-related glitch". The positions of 266 candidates had 'correctly been identified as a result of re-checking of the record', a statement said. The 266 candidates were placed between 102 and 380 on the merit list.

The results had been announced on Tuesday. However, the FPSC withdrew the list from its website on Thursday.

Of the 266 candidates, 13 candidates' positions have been downgraded.

The top 101 positions remained unchanged. Positions from 381 to 895 also were not affected.

The FPSC had announced the final results of CSS, 2009, for posts under the federal government in BPS-17 on June 15. However, the results were withdrawn from the website on Thursday.

As the revised results were posted on commission's website on Friday, the commission's secrecy wing stated that it discovered a small percentage of system generated error in the results.

The secrecy wing stated that it extensively cross-checked the declared results and developed a revised result showing roll numbers, merit positions, names, domiciles and marks of the candidates, who have qualified the CSS examinations, 2009.

The comparison of the results posted on FPSC website on June 15 and June 18 show that 13 candidates' positions have been downgraded.

The candidates falling at 102 to 108 merit positions – Malik Ishfaq Khan (Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa), Shah Jehan (Balochistan), Muhammad Asif Azeem, Hussnain Khalid and Saba Asghar Ali (Punjab), Sumair Noor and Ayaz Ali (Sindh rural) – have fallen on 201 to 207 positions.

While, the candidates falling at 109 to 114 merit positions – Iram Saleemi (Punjab), Aftab Ahmad Khan (NAFATA), Syed Khizar Mohsin Shah and Syed Mosawwir Abbas Shah (Punjab), Kamran Khan (Sindh rural) and Mirza Hussain (Balochistan) – have fallen on 375 to 380 positions.

A few candidates, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that they smelt a rat in the revision of results as it was done for the first time in the history of the commission. They said the result revision had created confusion among them.According to FCPS data on the CSS examination 2009, 9,056 candidates had applied, of whom 5,707 (63 per cent) appeared for the examination. Of them, 905 candidates (15.85 per cent) qualified the written test. In the final result after a psychological test and an interview, 895 candidates (683 males and 212 females), including one disabled, qualified the examination.

Overall top three positions have been clinched by the Punjab residents. Muhammad Bin Ashraf bagged the first position with 995 marks, while Dr Najamus Sehar and Asma Ghazanfar Butt secured second and third positions with 990 and 986 marks. Dawn

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ICom classes at GCU
Lahore: The Government College University (GCU) has announced Intermediate in Commerce (ICom) from upcoming academic session.

The decision in this regard was taken at the meeting of Academic Programmes and Examination Regulations Review Committee chaired by GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Aftab.

The university administration said that the admission schedule for intermediate classes would be announced after the declaration of matriculation results.

Giving the details of last year's minimum merit for admissions to various discipline of intermediate classes, an admissions office spokesman said that it was 972 marks for pre-engineering, 962 for pre-medical, 905 for computer sciences, 867 for general sciences and 792 for arts. Professor Khalid Aftab said GCU had appointed a Director Intermediate so that all FA/FSc students were supervised in a conducive learning environment that met the approved curricula of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education and the mission statement of GCU. The news

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Elementary schools to have IT labs
Lahore: The Punjab government has plans to set up IT labs in all elementary schools in the province by 2013 to bridge the digital divide in society.

Similarly, libraries are being set up in schools to promote book-reading culture among students.

This was stated by Chief Minister's Taskforce on Elementary Education Chairman Raja Muhammad Anwar during his visit to Alif Laila Book Bus Service on Friday.

He praised the services of ALBBS Chairperson Syeda Basarat Kazim for the promotion of book-reading culture in the marginalised section of society.

Ms Kazim suggested mobile IT labs for the benefit of students of schools situated in remote areas.I.COM: The Government College University has announced launch of Intermediate in Commerce (I.Com) from the next academic session.

The decision to launch I.Com programme was taken at a meeting of Academic Programmes and Examination Regulations Review Committee chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Aftab.

The university administration says the admission schedule for intermediate will be announced soon after the declaration of matriculation annual examination results by the boards of intermediate and secondary education across Punjab. The varsity has appointed a director to facilitate and supervise intermediate students. Dawn

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FJMC new principal
Lahore: Senior Gynaecologist of the Fatima Jinnah Medical College (FJMC) and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Prof Dr Rakhshanda Rehman has assumed charge as principal of the college. A press statement said Prof Dr Rakhshanda was head of the Obstetrics /Gynaecology Department at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) and a life time member of Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and Society of Gynaecologist & Obstetricians of Pakistan. The news

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PML-N to send its members' degrees to HEC for verification
Lahore: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has sent certificates of all PML-N members of the National Assembly, members of the Provincial Assembly and senators to the Higher Education Commission for verification, a private TV channel reported on Friday.

Punjab government's spokesman Pervez Rasheed said the party had submitted the degrees of its lawmaker to Senate Standing Committee on Education Chairman Abid Sher Ali, who had forwarded the degrees to the HEC for verification.

He said the party has decided to expel the fake degree-holders from the party once the final report is received. Daily times

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