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) () 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 up for ...

(FPSC), with its members being Establishment Secretary,

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, four

federal secretaries Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

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 The Senate of Pakistan, Constitution of Pakistan, constitutionally the House of the Federation, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. As of 2023, It has a maximum membership of 96, of which 92 are elected by the Member of th ...

and one member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assem ...

(MNA) are appointed to sit on the board. The secretary of the board is Additional Secretary Establishment Division. Some of the members of the current board composition includes Kamran Ali Afzal (CS Punjab), Rizwan Ahmed (federal secretary),

Mumtaz Ali Shah Mumtaz Ali Shah is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Maritime Secretary of Pakistan and Chief Secretary Sindh. Hailing from Sindh, Shah joined the Pakistan Administrative Service after passing the Central Supe ...

(CS Sindh), Mohsin Aziz (Senator) and

Faiz Ullah Kamoka Faiz Ullah Kamoka (born 6 July 1970) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 to April 2022. On 5 December 2019 he was elected as Chairman Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic ...

(MNA). The CSB sends its recommendations to the

prime minister A prime minister 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. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

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

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