A.) FOR BS-16 AND BS-17 POSTS

1. In case number of applicants is maximum twenty (20) per case, the Commission reserves the right to dispense with the Screening (MCQ) Test and call the candidates for interview directly, after determination of their eligibility in terms of advertised conditions and if number of applicants is more than twenty (20) per case, Screening Test comprising MCQs (with qualifying threshold of 25% marks) will be held.
2. For BS 16-17 level posts, after the screening test, if deemed necessary to further differentiate the competitors, an additional filter against a certain benchmark may be applied in the shape of descriptive test comprising written paper(s) as may be prescribed by the commission on case to case basis.
3. To keep within manageable limits the cases where more than twenty thousand (20,000) applications are received, Screening (MCQ)/ Descriptive Test will be held in Batches by equally bifurcating the candidates whereupon different Papers will be set.
4. Vacancies of Assistant Private Secretary (BS-16) requisitioned to FPSC by various sponsoring Ministries/ Divisions/ Departments having same recruitment rules will be clubbed together and advertised twice a year in January and July in consolidated advertisement.
   (a) Aspirants will submit a single application contesting for all positions of APS published in an advertisement in accordance with their domicile and depositing fee prescribed for single application.
   (b) A combined test (typing, computer literacy and shorthand) shall be conducted and merit list shall be drawn.
   (c) Candidates, however, will be required to cast their preference(s) for the department(s) they intend to join at the time of interview, which will be final.
5. The posts where Typing, Shorthand and Computer Literacy Tests are to be held, candidates will be first required to qualify the typing test with 90% accuracy and then to proceed further for Shorthand and Computer Literacy Tests.
6. The qualifying candidates of Screening/ Descriptive Test, if eligible otherwise, shall be called for interview in the following ratio:-
   a) 05 candidates per post; for all Provincial/ Regional quota posts (if overall advertised posts per case are two or less) as well as all merit quota posts;
   b) 03 candidates per post; for all Provincial/ Regional quota posts (if overall advertised posts per case are more than two).
7. In non-test cases final merit list shall be based only on marks of interview. In test cases, where only Screening Test is held, the final merit list shall be based on Aggregate of Marks obtained in the Screening Test and interview. However, in the cases where Descriptive Test is held, final merit list shall be drawn on the basis of marks in Descriptive Test and Interview.

B.) For BS-18 and BS-19 posts.
i) Written (Descriptive) Test comprising two papers of 100 marks each will be held for all applicants as detailed below:-

Paper one for all posts in BS-18 and BS-19.
I) English Essay
II) English (Composition, précis, Grammar and Translation)
Paper Two (General Management Posts)
I) Public Administration &Office Management
II) Human Resource, Financial Management, Quality Management and Information Technology
III) 25 MCQ Questions on Part-I & Part-II
OR
Paper Two (Professional or Technical Posts)
I) Public Administration, Human Resource and Financial Management relating to his field
II) Specialized Paper relating to the Qualification subjects and profession of the post
III) 25 MCQ Questions on Part-I & Part-II
For recruitment to posts in BS-18 and BS-19 not involving administrative experience such as Assistant or Associate Professors, Doctors Specialists such as Oncology, Nephrology, Medicines, Neuro, Teaching etc. Paper two may be of 100 marks relating to the qualification and the field for which hiring is being done.

ii) The qualifying threshold for the Written (Descriptive) Examination shall be 40 percent in each paper and the qualifying candidates in Written (Descriptive) Examination, if eligible otherwise, shall be called for interview in the ratio of 5 candidates per post for all merit/ regional quota posts

iii) Final Merit List shall be based on Aggregate of Marks obtained in the Written (Descriptive) Examination and the interview

C.) For BS-20 and BS-21 posts.

1. Written Test comprising one paper of 100 marks viz; Analysis Paper or Case Study relating to the field of post will be held for all applicants.
2. The qualifying threshold for the written examination shall be 50 percent; and
3. Only the candidates qualifying the written test, if otherwise eligible, shall be called for interview to determine their skills and professional ability in the relevant post.
4. Final Merit List shall be based on Aggregate of marks obtained in the Written Test and the interview.