THE Central Superior Service examinations has always been a tough target for aspirants. It is like a rock to crush with relentless effort in order to pass it with flying colours. Candidates use a lot of resources like dedication, commitment, persistent struggle, time, and money. Besides, they even risk their future.
These efforts make it possible to bring the dream of aspirants come true. But all their efforts go in vain when they are not given appointment despite qualifying their examinations with good marks in both written tests and interview.
A number of candidates belonging to poor families study in a hope that a day will arrive when their struggle will be fruitful. But all of their hopes and high expectations become a curse to them when they come to know that the FPSC cannot adjust or allocate them due to limited seats.
According to the rules and regulations of the FPSC, the age limitation for a non-government employee is 28, while for that of an already government employee it is 30 years. It means the government is facilitating one who is already engaged while there is no room for an unemployed person. Is it not injustice with candidates who already suffer from poverty and unemployment? Why are government employers given extra relaxation? Why is this relaxation not given to the jobless?
Two of my friends, Mohammad Hanif and Safiullah Bhutti, passed the written test, as well as interviews, of CSS 2012 but were not given jobs. How can FPSC or other concerned departments ignore the efforts of diligent candidates who burn the midnight oil to qualify the toughest examination of Pakistan.
If there are limited seats, and the FPSC cannot provide jobs to all the successful candidates, then there should be a priority check list of these aspirants and they must be appointed whenever the post is vacant. If not so, they should be appointed in other departments where posts are lying vacant. If still not so, they should be given 12 to 14 scale jobs.
Aangli Khan Banglani
Shikarpur
Published in Dawn, July 14th, 2014