{"id":6280,"date":"2026-07-18T07:25:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6280"},"modified":"2026-07-18T07:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:25:58","slug":"applications-for-pakistans-css-examination-drop-nearly-48-in-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6280","title":{"rendered":"Applications for Pakistan&#8217;s CSS Examination Drop Nearly 48% in Four Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> The number of candidates registering for Pakistan&#8217;s <strong>Central Superior Services (CSS)<\/strong> examination has fallen by nearly <strong>48 percent<\/strong> over the past four years, according to official data released by the <strong>Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figures show that registrations declined from <strong>35,059 candidates in 2022<\/strong> to <strong>18,139 in 2025<\/strong>, reflecting a significant decrease in interest in the country&#8217;s premier civil service examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of candidates who actually appeared in the examination also dropped during the same period, falling from <strong>20,262 in 2022<\/strong> to <strong>12,792 in 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the decline in applicants, the number of successful candidates remained limited. The number of nominees selected through the CSS examination decreased from <strong>239 in 2022<\/strong> to <strong>170 in 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FPSC data also indicates a similar trend in <strong>general federal recruitment<\/strong>, where applications for government jobs have declined considerably over recent years, although competition for available positions remains intense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the commission&#8217;s analytical report covering the period from <strong>2022 to 2025<\/strong>, applications declined not only for the CSS examination but also for general recruitment conducted by the FPSC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, only <strong>0.94 percent<\/strong> of registered CSS candidates were ultimately recommended for appointment. Among those who actually sat the examination, the success rate stood at <strong>1.33 percent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For comparison, in <strong>2022<\/strong>, the recommendation rate was <strong>0.68 percent<\/strong> of registered candidates and <strong>1.81 percent<\/strong> of those who appeared in the examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General recruitment showed a similar pattern. Applications reached a peak of <strong>436,757 in 2023<\/strong> before declining sharply to <strong>196,193 in 2025<\/strong>, representing a drop of more than <strong>55 percent<\/strong> in just two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of candidates appearing in recruitment examinations also decreased significantly, falling from <strong>199,234 in 2023<\/strong> to <strong>80,633 in 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite fewer applicants, recruitment opportunities remained limited. In <strong>2025<\/strong>, only <strong>3,005 candidates<\/strong> were recommended out of <strong>196,193 registered applicants<\/strong>. In comparison, <strong>2023<\/strong> saw just <strong>1,436 recommendations<\/strong> despite receiving more than <strong>436,000 applications<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data also highlights a consistent gap between registration and actual participation in examinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the CSS examination, approximately <strong>45 percent<\/strong> of registered candidates appeared in <strong>2023<\/strong>, while the participation rate increased to around <strong>71 percent<\/strong> in <strong>2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, the participation rate for general recruitment examinations rose from about <strong>32 percent in 2022<\/strong> to <strong>41 percent in 2025<\/strong>, although the majority of registered applicants still did not sit for the tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statistics suggest that while fewer people are applying for federal government jobs, securing a position remains highly competitive because the number of vacancies is far smaller than the number of applicants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>2025<\/strong>, around <strong>18,000 candidates<\/strong> competed for only <strong>170 CSS nominations<\/strong>, while nearly <strong>200,000 applicants<\/strong> sought recommendation for just <strong>3,005 positions<\/strong> under the FPSC&#8217;s general recruitment process, underscoring the continued competitiveness of Pakistan&#8217;s federal civil service recruitment system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The number of candidates registering for Pakistan&#8217;s Central Superior Services (CSS) examination has fallen by nearly 48 percent over the past four years, according..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438253_5991802_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438253_5991802_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438253_5991802_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438253_5991802_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438253_5991802_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438253_5991802_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438253_5991802_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6282,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6280\/revisions\/6282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}