Advertisement No: 03/2025

Online applications are invited for the following posts from Pakistani citizens having domicile of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 12.05.2025. (Till 5:00 PM).

Applications other than online will not be accepted.

Application fee of Rs.500/- (excluding service charges) will be deposited through 1 Bill Option available in all Banking Apps (i.e., ABL, UBL, MEEZAN, Alfalah, NBP, HBL, BoK, BoP etc) and Microfinance Apps (i.e., Easy Paisa, Jazz Cash, Upaisa etc). To apply online visit the official website www.kppsc.gov.pk.

Candidates are advised to fill in all the columns carefully and purview their application forms for correction if any, before apply.

A candidate shall be entitled for having one domicile only otherwise he / she shall become ineligible.

Documents are not required at the time of submission of application. The same shall be submitted as and when asked for by the Commission.

Serial No: 1     PROVINCIAL PLANNING SERVICE OFFICERS (PPS)

Qualification: At least Second Division, sixteen(16) years education from a recognized university or equivalent qualification in any of the fields namely, Economics, Development Studies, Agriculture Science, Health Planning and Management, Industrial Economics, Educational Planning and Management, Statistics, Business Administration, Commerce, Computer Science and Information Technology, Environmental Management, Environmental Engineering, Developmental Management, Disaster Management, B.Sc / B.E Degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning, City Development, Regional Planning, Town Planning, Industrial Engineering, Mining Engineering, Public Health Engineering, Transport Engineering, Agriculture Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

•  (i): GENERAL QUOTA, (ii): FEMALE QUOTA, (iii): DISABLE QUOTA, (iv): MINORITY QUOTA,
• Minimum Age: 21 Maximum Age: 30
• Gender: Both Male & Female
• BPS: 17
• Department: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
• Vacancy: 46
• Allocation: 

  Merit	Zone-I	Zone-II	Zone-III	Zone-IV	Zone-V	Zone-VI	Women Quota	Minority Quota (Male/Female)	Disable Quota (Male/Female)	Total
  07	05	09	05	05	04	04	04	02	01	46

SYLLABUS
There shall be a competitive examination to the posts of Provincial Planning Services Officers (BPS-17) for the purpose of selection as per prescribed syllabus. The prescribed syllabus is available on KP Public Service Commission official website i.e., https://www.kppsc.gov.pk/syllabus

GENERAL CONDITIONS

1. Candidates are required to make correct entries in the online application which can be documentarily proved as on the basis of their claim/ entries they will be called for examination / interview.
2. Call letters for the examination will be placed on KP PSC website. Candidates must keep visiting the PSC website time to time.
3. Age shall be reckoned on 01.01.2025.
4. Maximum age limit as prescribed in the recruitment rules shall be relaxed upto ten years for disable persons/widows/divorced and Govt: servants who have completed two years continuous service and upto 03 years for candidates belonging to backward areas specified in the appendix attached to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Initial Appointment to Civil Posts (Relaxation of Upper Age Limit) Rules, 2008 and 05 years to minorities. However, a candidate shall be allowed relaxation in age in one of the above categories provided that the candidates from backward areas, in addition to automatic relaxation of three years shall be entitled to one of the relaxations available to govt. servants, general or disable candidates, whichever is relevant and applicable to them. Employees or ex-employees of development projects of the govt. of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and employees or ex-employees of development projects of the Federal govt: under the administrative control of the govt. of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa shall also be entitled to age relaxation equal to the period served in the projects, subject to a maximum limit of ten years provided that this age relaxation shall not be available in conjunction with any other provisions of the age relaxation rules.
5. Applicants married to Foreigners are considered only on production of the Govt: Relaxation Orders.
6. Employees of Govt:/ Semi-government/ Autonomous/ Semi-autonomous Bodies may apply directly but their departmental permission certificates shall be required before interview/ competitive examination.
7. The Zonal and Merit Quotas shall be strictly followed in the allocation of seats. Government reserves the right to increase/ decrease or to fill or not to fill any post.
8. Only the qualification etc possessed on the closing date of the Advt: shall be taken into account.
9. The  candidates  shall  attach  the  domicile  certificate  which  had  been issued to them by the competent authority before the last date fixed for receipt  of  applications.  No  alteration  in  the  entries  with  regard  to domicile  certificate  shall  be  accepted  subsequently.  Domicile once produced shall be final. A candidate shall be entitled for having one domicile only otherwise he / she shall become ineligible.
10. A married female candidate not already in government service may either adopt the domicile of her husband or may retain her own domicile. However, option once exercised in online application form shall be final and change of domicile shall not be allowed thereafter.
11. Degrees / Experience Certificates / Testimonials of unrecognized institution are not accepted.
12. Those candidates shall be called for disabled seats who are in possession of a certificate issued by the Board of Rehabilitation / District Assessment Board for disabled persons stating their disability on the basis of report of standing Medical Board on or before the date of interview.
13. All candidates appearing for competitive examination shall be allowed three chances for each individual examination while four chances shall be allowed in combination of competitive examinations for the post of Provincial Management Service, Civil Judges-cum-Judicial Magistrates and such other posts which the government may include in these categories of posts.
14. Where the candidate remains absent in the competitive examination his chance will remain intact. However, if he appears in any one subject he / she will be deemed to have availed the chance.
15. Grace marks are not allowed.
16. If any candidate is found ineligible at any stage under the rules for the examination, his/ her candidature will be cancelled regardless of the fact whether he/she has appeared in the examination or qualified therein. To avoid frustration the candidates are advised in their own interest to make sure before appearing in the examination that they fulfill all the requirements of the rules relating to the examination.

Note: 
On detailed scrutiny of the applications after written examination, if any candidate is found ineligible in any respect under the rules/regulations for the examination, his/ her candidature will be cancelled/ rejected regardless of the fact whether he/she has appeared in the examination or qualified therein. To avoid frustration the candidates are advised in their own interest to make sure before appearing in the examination that they fulfill all the requirements of the rules relating to the examination.  

DIRECTOR EXAMINATIONS
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION