The Central Selection Board (CSB) of the

Establishment Division The Establishment Division is the human resource arm of the Government of Pakistan. It deals with all matters related to the country's civil service and is regarded as one of the most sensitive and important divisions of the federal government. ...

is supposed to meet twice in a year to consider promotion opportunities for the appointed employees of

Civil Service of Pakistan The Central Superior Services (CSS; or Civil Service) is a permanent elite civil service authority, and the civil service that is responsible for running the bureaucratic operations and government secretariats and directorates of the Cabinet of ...

to BPS-20 grade and BPS-21 grade. The board is chaired by the chairman of the

Federal Public Service Commission The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) ( ur, ) is a federal agency of Government of Pakistan that is responsible for recruiting civil servants and bureaucrats for Government of Pakistan. History The Public Service Commission was set ...

(FPSC), with its members being

Establishment Secretary The Establishment Secretary of Pakistan is the Federal Secretary for the Establishment Division and is in charge of the transfers, postings as well as promotions in the country's civil service. The position holder is a BPS-22 Officer, usually b ...

, Cabinet Secretary, four federal secretaries each having domicile of one of the four provinces and all four provincial chief secretaries. From the Parliament, one member of the

Senate of Pakistan Senate of Pakistan or Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān ( ur, , , literally "Pakistan upper house"), is the upper house, upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly (Pakistan), National As ...

and one member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA) are appointed to sit on the board. The secretary of the board is Additional Secretary Establishment Division.{{Cite web, url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/604809-csb-to-consider-promotion-cases-today, title=CSB to consider promotion cases today, date=January 27, 2020, website=The News International Some of the members of the current board composition includes Kamran Ali Afzal (CS Punjab), Rizwan Ahmed (federal secretary), Mumtaz Ali Shah (CS Sindh), Mohsin Aziz (Senator) and Faiz Ullah Kamoka (MNA). The CSB sends its recommendations to the

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

, who then has the final authority to give a go-ahead.

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