Outreach: DG Khan, Bahalwapur get competitive exam centres

423 candidates have applied from Bahawalpur and 128 from DG Khan

MULTAN: The Punjab Public Service Commission on Friday announced that centres had been set up in Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur for applicants from these areas for the combined competitive examinations due to start on November 17.

The exams would be held for 28 posts of management services in the provincial government and a post for an excise and taxation officer.

Previously, candidates from Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur had been taking these exams in Lahore and Multan.

As many as 423 candidates have applied from Bahawalpur and 128 from Dera Ghazi Khan. As many as 2,452 candidates will take the exam in Multan, 13,425 in Lahore and 2,467 students in Rawalpindi.

As many as 19,000 candidates will take the exam from across the province for these 29 posts.

In Multan, six centres have been set up with 15 sub-centres.

Punjab Public Service Commission Deputy Director Muhammad Shabbir told The Express Tribune that centres had been set up in Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur after many candidates complained that they could not travel to other cities for the exams.

He said maintaining security around these centres had been a challenge.

He said the provincial government had offered great assistance in this regard.

He said district coordination officers of Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur had been provided a coordination plan for maintaining security and discipline around the examination centres.

Candidates from the south Punjab lauded the decision.

Sameena Iqbal, from Ahmedpur East, told The Express Tribune she would give the exam from Bahalwapur. She welcomed the announcement, saying it would save her inconvenience and cost of travelling.
She said many candidates will be facilitated. Combined competitive examinations in the Punjab are the second most coveted examination after the CSS with a large number of candidates competing for executive management services in the largest province of the country.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15^th, 2014.