PMS Sindh 2026: How to Apply for the SPSC CCE Before 11 November

PMS Sindh 2026 is filled through the Sindh Public Service Commission's Combined Competitive Examination, CCE-2026, and online applications are open again until 11 November 2026. SPSC Advertisement No 06/2026, dated 23 October 2026, extended the closing date, raised the age limit to 21 to 33 counted on 11 November 2026, allowed five attempts and set the screening pass mark at 66 of 200 with negative marking. The fee is still Rs 1,000 paid through a PSID. The screening test fixed for 24 October has been postponed, and no new date is set.

Correction, 24 October 2026: this page was written for the first closing date of 23 September and gave an age limit of 21 to 30, three attempts and a pass mark of 80 marks (40 per cent) with no negative marking. SPSC postponed the 24 October screening test on 22 October (notice PSC/EXAM(C.S)/2026/236), and its Advertisement 06/2026 of 23 October changed those rules. We have corrected the dates, rules, tables and answers below. The full change list is in the new CCE-2026 last date of 11 November with age limit 33 and five attempts, and the test status is in the page on the postponed CCE-2026 screening test.

The advertisement never uses the letters PMS. It calls the exam CCE-2026, and that is the name on the form, the PSID and the admission letter. The Provincial Management Service in BPS-17 is one of the executive cadre posts the CCE feeds, which is why SPSC's own site files a departmental exam syllabus for officers of PMS (BPS-17) under the same roof. Search for PMS Sindh 2026 and what you are actually applying to is CCE-2026.

The first window closed on 23 September 2026 under Advertisement 04/2026 of 19 August. On 20 October the Sindh cabinet decided to relax the terms, and SPSC reopened the form until 11 November 2026. We read both advertisements on SPSC's website. If you applied in September, you do not need to apply again. You can upload missing documents or correct mistakes until the new closing date.

Who is eligible for PMS Sindh 2026?

A citizen of Pakistan, male or female, domiciled and permanently resident in Sindh, holding a bachelor's degree in at least second division, aged 21 to 33 on 11 November 2026. Minority and differently abled candidates are eligible on the same terms, with quotas under Government of Sindh policy.

The upper age was 30 on 1 September 2026 under the August advertisement. Advertisement 06/2026 raised it to 33 and moved the counting date to 11 November 2026, the new closing date. Later CCE exams will count age on 1 September of their own year. The domicile date in the August advertisement was 23 September 2026, and the new advertisement does not change it, so call SPSC if your domicile is newer than that.

The August advertisement also has a narrow concession. A candidate domiciled in Sindh who is serving in the federal or Sindh government with at least four years of continuous regular service on 1 September 2026 gets an upper limit of 35. The advertisement then closes the door most people try: employees of autonomous and semi autonomous bodies, local bodies, ad hoc and contract staff do not get it. Four years on contract in a Sindh department is four years of experience and zero years of concession. Advertisement 06/2026 does not mention this concession, and it keeps all other terms, so we read it as unchanged.

Foreign degrees need an HEC equivalence certificate obtained before the closing date and uploaded in the qualification section of the form. As a one time facilitation while the document system is new, SPSC allows the upload up to at least 10 days before the screening test. Do not rely on that; get the certificate now.

The attempts rule is now five for three years

Advertisement 06/2026 raised the limit from three attempts to five for a period of three years. It does not say exactly which exams the three years cover. The old three-attempt limit counted from CCE-2019, and SPSC said it followed the Supreme Court's order in Suo Moto Case No 18/2016 of 13 March 2017, which regularised the CCE as an annual exam. Sitting the screening test does not use an attempt, according to the syllabus document, even if you pass it and then skip the written part. Appearing in the written exam does.

What is the fee and how do you pay it?

Rs 1,000, paid online through a PSID. You generate the payment slip ID inside the SPSC portal, then pay the challan through any online payment channel by choosing the 1Bill invoice or service option in a bank app or wallet. The advertisement says only online applications are accepted and manual forms will not be entertained.

1Bill is the interbank bill payment service, so the PSID works in most bank apps under bill payment, and in JazzCash and Easypaisa under the same heading. Pay first, then submit. A form submitted without a paid PSID is not an application, and there is no counter in Hyderabad to hand cash to.

How do you fill the SPSC online form?

Through the Apply Online link on spsc.gov.pk, which SPSC also offers in its mobile app. The form asks for what the advertisement warns cannot be changed later: domicile, PRC Form D, urban or rural quota, age, qualification, examination centre and optional subjects. Get each one right before you press submit.

1. Open spsc.gov.pk and click Apply Online. Create an account if you have not applied to SPSC before, or log into the existing one.
2. Select Combined Competitive Examination (CCE-2026), Advertisement 04/2026 as modified by Advertisement 06/2026. If you applied in September, open your existing form instead.
3. Enter the CNIC number and date of birth exactly as they appear on the card. The advertisement says a wrong entry leads to rejection. The number does not change when a card expires, but an expired CNIC should be renewed before the screening test, because the centre checks it.
4. Upload the degree, domicile, PRC Form D and, for a foreign degree, the HEC equivalence certificate. A degree going abroad later needs HEC attestation and an apostille, but for SPSC the equivalence certificate is the document that counts.
5. Choose one of the four centres, Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur or Larkana, and the optional subjects from the prescribed syllabus.
6. Generate the PSID, pay Rs 1,000, confirm the payment shows on the portal, and submit before 11 November 2026.

The same portal handles every SPSC advertisement, and the account you make now is the one you will use for any later post. The federal and Punjab commissions run their own, and the FPSC and PPSC online application portals work on the same PSID and upload logic, so a candidate applying to more than one province is filling three near identical forms.

Candidates with a permanent disability who need help in the exam hall must write to the Controller of Examination at least seven days before the exam under Regulation 58(A), with a certificate from the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and the NADRA special CNIC. The disability certificate and special CNIC take weeks to obtain, so start now rather than after the new test date is announced.

What is the CCE screening test and the pass mark?

A 200 question multiple choice test, one mark each, in 200 minutes. Advertisement 06/2026 sets the pass mark at 33 per cent, which is 66 marks, with 0.25 marks cut for each wrong answer. That replaces the 40 per cent (80 marks) rule the August advertisement had brought in under Regulation 74(2)(iii) of the Recruitment Management Regulations 2023.

The syllabus document on SPSC's site, dated 19 December 2024, splits the paper two ways. General English carries 20 per cent: vocabulary, grammar, idioms, synonyms and antonyms, fill in the blanks, prepositions, analogies, comprehension. General Knowledge and General Abilities carry 80 per cent: Pakistan affairs, current affairs, everyday science, world geography including celestial bodies, arithmetic, algebra and geometry at SSC level, analytical and logical problem solving, digital literacy and basic IT, and Islamic studies, or comparative religions for minority candidates.

Three rules from that document matter for planning. The test is marked by OMR or on computer and the key is uploaded soon after. The score counts only for that year's CCE and adds nothing to the final merit, so a bare pass is as good as a high one. And the screening test is not an attempt. Negative marking is the new risk. Four wrong guesses cancel one correct answer, so guess only when you can rule out at least two options. The 2024 syllabus document said there was no negative marking; Advertisement 06/2026 now overrides that.

What is the written exam structure?

SPSC has not yet published the CCE-2026 written timetable, so the CCE-2025 schedule, dated 5 August 2026, is the best guide to shape. That exam ran from 13 to 24 September 2026 with six compulsory papers followed by optional subject papers, each three hours long.

• English Essay
• General Science and Ability
• English Precis and Composition
• General Paper in Sindhi or General Paper in Urdu
• Current Affairs and Pakistan Affairs
• Islamic Studies, or Comparative Study of Major Religions for non-Muslims

The optional list on the 2025 timetable ran from Accountancy and Auditing, Economics, Computer Science, Political Science and International Relations, which have two papers each, through single paper subjects such as Law, Psychology, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Business Administration, Public Administration and Town Planning. Marks per paper are in the revised syllabus PDF on SPSC's site, which is a 12 MB scan our tools could not read, so we are not quoting them.

Two rules from the 2026 advertisement apply to the written part. Miss any one paper and you are not allowed into the rest. And the optional subjects chosen on the form are final, so choose the ones you can actually read in three months, not the ones with the best reputation.

What are the dates from here?

Applications now close on 11 November 2026. The screening test, fixed for 24 October, was postponed on 22 October, and SPSC says the new date, time and venue will be shared later. The August advance notice placed the written exam in December 2026, but SPSC has not restated that since. SPSC posts the confirmed schedule, centre lists and admission letters on its site and in candidates' portal accounts.

For a sense of how fluid these dates are: the CCE-2025 written exam was first planned for the first week of August 2026, moved to September on candidates' requests, and then had its centres rationalised on 17 September, mid-exam. Keep the portal login handy and check it weekly. SPSC's office answers on 022-9200694 from 9:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday, and on info@spsc.gov.pk.

Common questions about PMS Sindh 2026

What is the last date to apply for PMS Sindh 2026?

11 November 2026. SPSC extended it from 23 September 2026 in Advertisement 06/2026 dated 23 October 2026.

What is the age limit?

21 to 33 years, counted on 11 November 2026. The August advertisement gave serving federal or Sindh government employees with four years of continuous regular service a limit of 35.

How much is the fee and where is it paid?

Rs 1,000, through a PSID generated on the SPSC portal and paid on any online channel using the 1Bill option. No manual challans.

Is the screening test counted as an attempt?

No. SPSC's syllabus document says appearance in the screening test does not count as an attempt. The attempt limit is now five for three years.

What is the screening test pass mark?

33 per cent, or 66 of 200 marks, with 0.25 marks cut for each wrong answer, under Advertisement 06/2026. The August advertisement had set 40 per cent.

Where is the exam held?

Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana. SPSC reserves the right to change the list based on candidate numbers, and the centre chosen on the form cannot be changed afterwards.

How many PMS posts are there?

The advertisement does not say. It states that posts are allocated according to the vacancies in each department and the order of preferences candidates give.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

Last checked 24 October 2026. On that date we read SPSC Advertisement No 06/2026 dated 23 October 2026 for the 11 November 2026 closing date, the age limit of 21 to 33 counted on 11 November, the five attempts for three years, the 33 per cent (66 marks) pass mark with 0.25 negative marking, and the rule that earlier applicants need not reapply, and SPSC public notice PSC/EXAM(C.S)/2026/236 dated 22 October 2026 for the postponement of the 24 October screening test. Advertisement 06/2026 does not say whether the 35-year concession or the 23 September domicile date change, or exactly which exams the five attempts cover. Before that, on 17 September 2026, we read SPSC Advertisement No 04/2026 dated 19 August 2026 on spsc.gov.pk for the exam name, the 23 September 2026 closing date, the online only rule, eligibility including domicile as on 23 September 2026, second division bachelor's degree, the HEC equivalence rule, the age limits of 21 to 30 and 35 as on 1 September 2026, the exclusion of autonomous, local body, ad hoc and contract employees from the concession, the three attempts rule from CCE-2019 under Suo Moto Case No 18/2016, the quotas, the four centres, the Rs 1,000 PSID fee through 1Bill, the fields that cannot be changed after closing, the rule on missing a paper, the CNIC and date of birth warning, the screening pass mark change from 33 per cent to 40 per cent under Regulation 74(2)(iii) of RMR-2023, and the disability assistance rule under Regulation 58(A). We read SPSC's Advance Public Notice No PSC/EXAM(C.S)/2026/154 dated 6 August 2026 for the tentative screening and written dates. We read SPSC's Scope and Syllabus for the Screening Test of CCE-2024 dated 19 December 2024 for the 200 questions, 200 minutes, no negative marking, the 20 and 80 per cent split, the subject list, the OMR or computer rule, the attempt rule and the validity of the score. We read the Schedule of Written Examination of CCE-2025 dated 5 August 2026 for the compulsory and optional papers. We read the SPSC home page for the Apply Online link, the phone number, office hours and email. Not read: the revised CCE syllabus PDF of November 2023, a 12 MB scan our tools could not render, so no marks per paper are given. The advertisement does not state the number of PMS posts, and it does not use the term PMS; the link between CCE-2026 and PMS (BPS-17) rests on SPSC's own site listing a departmental examination for PMS officers and on the CCE-2025 schedule's title of Executive Cadre. We did not apply and hold no Sindh domicile.