Islamabad: Senate committee to revamp education system in underdeveloped region to enable residents to participate in Central Senior Service (CSS) exams candidates must clear to become civil servants appealed for necessity.
On Tuesday, the Cabinet Secretariat’s Senate Standing Committee received a detailed briefing on the 2023 Special Central Advanced Services Examination, and will also seek out candidates in underdeveloped areas for qualified and deserving civil servants. We also discussed the reform of the education system in
Commission chair and independent senator Rana Makboul Ahmad lamented the “huge amount of failures” in competitive exams, especially from rural areas.
The founding department informed committee members that 52 vacancies now belong to non-Muslim candidates in Punjab.
It was argued that the age easing concession to age 32 and one additional chance under this year’s special CSS exam would increase the chances of success.
Amendments to the Civil Service Act Prohibiting the Reemployment of Civil Servants After Retirement
Special CSS opportunities are available for candidates belonging to minority quotas in Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, women and minority candidates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Balochistan and formerly the Commonwealth It was explained that it was open to all candidates in the tribal areas it controlled (fata).
In addition, it was explained that two stages of application are allowed for special CSS exams. The first phase he lasted from December 18, 2022 to January 4, 2023 and the second phase from February 26 to he March 14 this year. A total of 44,238 applications were received by March 8.
I was provided coaching for required subjects and was informed that interviews with candidates who passed the multiple-choice preliminary exam may take place from June through August.
Four (4) candidates will be selected for each existing vacancy that falls within the exam’s respective quota. This issue was deferred for further discussion on actual practice and its monitoring.
Recruitment of Senators
Committee members also discussed in detail matters related to the Federal Public Service Commission’s (FPSC) recruitment of Senate officers with a basic salary (BPS) of 17 or higher.
The Co-Secretaries of the Senate Secretariat must adopt fair, transparent, merit-based recruitment procedures under the specific direction of the Senate Speaker to discourage a culture of political influence over recruitment in the Senate. We argued that we must.
He said the Senate Speaker has amended the Senate Secretariat Service Act of 2017 and subsequently notified the Senate Secretariat Service Rules of 2021.
He said that at the direction of the Chair, the Senate Secretariat Service Act of 2017 and the Senate Secretariat Service Regulations of 2017 were reviewed and necessary changes were made to the Amendment Act and revised Service Regulations.
He said the Chair emphasized that BPS 17 and above recruitment should go through the FPSC.
The FPSC Secretary has expressed his view that the Senate Secretariat’s service rules and the FPSC’s recruitment policy are inconsistent. He also said that there were some procedural issues related to this issue and minor discrepancies needed to be cleared.
To address these concerns, FPSC officials have suggested that the Senate’s service rules should be scrutinized by the founding branch and necessary amendments should be made to the FPSC Act.
Furthermore, they also opposed assigning only BPS 17 and above offices to the FPSC, and instead said that BPS 16 offices should also be sent by the Senate to the committee once the mandate issue is resolved. I suggested.
Civil Service (Amendment) Bill
Tuesday’s meeting also discussed a bill titled the Civil Service (Amendment) Bill of 2023, which aims to amend the Civil Service Act of 1973 to stop the rehiring of civil servants.
PML-F Senator Muzafar Hussain Shah said all employees should enjoy equal opportunities to perform well, saying that the legitimate expectation of civil servants to be promoted to higher positions is less than the retirement age. Another civil servant is reappointed to a senior position even after reaching
However, establishment department officials did not support the proposed amendment, saying that employment is permitted under the law so that the government can tap into the pool of experience it has at its disposal.
Furthermore, they said there is a detailed and rigorous process in place when it comes to rehiring, adding that rehiring does not lead to promotion blocks and retired officers remain for a specified period of time and “in public”. interest”.
LPG cylinder
The Senate panel also addressed issues related to unregistered LPG manufacturers and deadly gas cylinder explosions.
The committee warned that if the oil and gas regulator (Ogra) fails to resolve the issue, an evaluation will be conducted and, if it fails, the committee will turn against the regulator. We have given Ogura six weeks to provide practical results on our recommendations.
Published at dawn on March 15, 2023
