Ministry of Planning Jobs 2026 — APS & Accountant (PPS-6 Equivalent)

Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives (Projects Wing), Government of Pakistan — Islamabad (PPMI Complex, Sector H-8/1)

By Muhammad Younus, Editor Posted: 20 Oct 2026 Updated: 27 Oct 2026 13 min read

The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (Projects Wing) has invited applications from Pakistani candidates for two contract posts in Islamabad: Assistant Private Secretary (APS) and Accountant, both equivalent to PPS-6. The posts are under the project titled Strengthening of M/o PD&SI in M&E of PSDP, the monitoring and evaluation of the Public Sector Development Programme, and the project office is at the PPMI Complex in Sector H-8/1, Islamabad. Appointments will be made purely on contract and merit. Applications are accepted online only through the National Jobs Portal (njp.gov.pk), and the detailed terms of reference for the posts are available on the ministry's website, pc.gov.pk. One important warning about the deadline: the advertisement allows fifteen days from publication, but published reports disagree on the publication date, so calculated closing dates of 4, 5 and 8 November all appear in secondary sources. The closing date shown on the National Jobs Portal itself is 2 November 2026, and this article uses that portal date as the last date, because the portal is where the application is actually submitted. Candidates should therefore apply by 2 November 2026 and not rely on the later calculated dates.

About Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives (Projects Wing), Government of Pakistan

The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives is the federal ministry that plans Pakistan's development spending. Working through the Planning Commission, it acts as the government's think tank on socio-economic policy: it helps formulate five-year and annual plans, appraises development projects, and monitors how the Public Sector Development Programme, the federal government's portfolio of development schemes, is actually performing. Its Projects Wing handles the project side of this work, including the monitoring and evaluation function that this advertisement's project exists to strengthen. The project, Strengthening of M/o PD&SI in M&E of PSDP, supports the ministry's ability to track development projects, check progress against targets, and feed honest findings back into planning decisions. Staff in the Projects Wing work at the centre of federal development administration in Islamabad, alongside economists, planners and project officers, and their work touches every sector that receives PSDP funding, from roads and water to education and health. For a candidate with secretarial or accounts experience, these two posts offer a direct route into that system on a project contract, with the working discipline and record-keeping standards of a federal ministry.

Vacant Positions — Post-Wise Details

Two posts are advertised, both equivalent to PPS-6 on the project pay scale. The table below gives each post, its qualification, experience and age limit as printed in the advertisement. The advertisement text itself does not state the number of vacancies; the National Jobs Portal listing for these posts shows one vacancy for each post, and that is the figure used here.

• Assistant Private Secretary (APS): Secretarial support to senior officers: dictation in shorthand, typing official documents, preparing meeting notes, managing correspondence and office files, and scheduling work.
• Accountant: Project accounts work: preparing the statement of expenditure (NIS), maintaining cash and accounts books, handling receipts, payments and bills, and reconciling accounts with the Accountant General Pakistan Revenues (AGPR).

Eligibility Criteria — Who Can Apply

• Pakistani citizen meeting the education, experience and age conditions of the post applied for.
• Assistant Private Secretary: BA or BSc degree, with a minimum shorthand speed of 80 words per minute and a minimum typing speed of 40 words per minute.
• Assistant Private Secretary: at least 2 years of relevant post-qualification experience in the relevant field.
• Accountant: MBA (Finance), M.Com, CA Inter or ACCA Foundation; the NJP portal eligibility list for this post is wider and also includes B.Com, BBA, BS Accounting and Finance, BS Commerce, BS Financial Technology and E-Commerce, MS and MPhil in Finance, and ACCA and CA qualifications.
• Accountant: at least 1 year of working experience in maintaining cash and accounts books and reconciling accounts with AGPR.
• Computer literacy is preferred for both posts, as stated in the advertisement.
• Maximum age: 50 years for APS and 45 years for Accountant. No quota or age relaxation is mentioned in the advertisement, so none should be assumed.
• Candidates already in government service must apply through the proper channel.

The two posts test very different skills, so check your row carefully before choosing. For the APS post, the degree itself is the smaller hurdle: a BA or BSc is enough, but the shorthand and typing speeds are hard conditions, 80 words per minute in shorthand and 40 words per minute in typing as a minimum, plus at least two years of relevant experience. A candidate who holds a degree but cannot meet those speeds should not apply for this post, because the speeds are the core of the job: taking dictation, typing official documents accurately, and keeping an officer's correspondence and files in order. For the Accountant post, the headline qualifications are MBA (Finance), M.Com, CA Inter or ACCA Foundation, with at least one year of experience maintaining cash and accounts books and reconciling accounts with AGPR, the federal government's accounting office. Candidates should know that the eligibility list on the National Jobs Portal itself is wider than the advertisement's headline list: it also covers B.Com, BBA, BS Accounting and Finance, BS Commerce, BS Financial Technology and E-Commerce, MS and MPhil in Finance, and ACCA and CA qualifications. If your degree is on the portal list but not in the advertisement's headline list, the portal listing is the version that governs the online form, so confirm your eligibility there before submitting. Age is the other fixed condition: a maximum of 50 years for APS and 45 years for Accountant. The advertisement mentions no quota and no age relaxation, so applicants should not assume any relaxation beyond what the portal form itself allows. Computer literacy is preferred for both posts, which in practice means comfort with office software, spreadsheets and the NJP online form itself.

Salary & Benefits

No monthly salary figure is printed in the advertisement, and none is stated in this article. What is fixed is the grade equivalence: both posts are equivalent to PPS-6, the project pay scale used for project appointments in the federal government. Project pay scales work differently from the regular Basic Pay Scales: the appointment is a contract appointment under a specific project, and the pay package attached to the PPS-6 equivalence is set out in the project's terms of reference and in the offer letter, rather than in the newspaper advertisement. Candidates should therefore read the detailed terms of reference on pc.gov.pk, where the project documents live, and should treat any salary figure quoted in unofficial summaries or social media posts as unverified. No allowance breakdown, increment rule or benefits package is printed in the advertisement, and this article does not invent one. The honest position is that the grade is PPS-6 equivalent, the appointment is a project contract, and the exact package is a matter for the terms of reference and the offer letter.

Selection Process

Selection is made purely on contract and merit, as the advertisement states. Online applications submitted through the National Jobs Portal are first screened against the advertised qualification, experience and age conditions, and incomplete applications are not entertained at any stage. Only shortlisted candidates are called for the next stage, which for these posts means an interview, and for the APS post the shorthand and typing speeds claimed in the application can be expected to be tested or verified, since they are the post's core requirement. Government servants apply through the proper channel, and shortlisted candidates should be ready to produce their original documents and experience proof at the interview. No travelling or daily allowance is admissible for attending the selection process. Because only shortlisted candidates are contacted, applicants should keep the mobile number and email address given in the NJP application active and check them regularly after the closing date.

Documents Required

• Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC), original and copy
• BA/BSc degree and transcripts (APS) or MBA (Finance), M.Com, CA Inter, ACCA Foundation or other portal-listed commerce/finance degree and transcripts (Accountant)
• Shorthand and typing speed certificates showing at least 80 and 40 words per minute (APS candidates)
• Experience certificates proving the required years of relevant experience (2 years for APS, 1 year for Accountant)
• Experience proof of maintaining cash and accounts books and AGPR reconciliation work (Accountant candidates)
• Updated curriculum vitae (CV) with complete educational and service record
• Recent passport-size photographs
• Domicile certificate, if the NJP application form asks for it
• No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the current employer, for candidates already in government service
• Computer literacy certificate or evidence, if held (preferred for both posts)
• Printout or record of the submitted NJP online application, kept for your own record
• Any additional document the ministry or the NJP form asks for at the shortlisting stage

Terms & Conditions

The appointments are purely on contract and merit under the project, and the ministry reserves the right to accept or reject any application without assigning a reason. Incomplete applications are not entertained, and only shortlisted candidates are called for interview. No travelling or daily allowance is admissible for attending the selection process. Candidates already in government service must apply through the proper channel and produce the required permission at the appropriate stage. Information found incorrect at any stage can lead to cancellation of the candidature. The detailed terms of reference on pc.gov.pk form part of the conditions of these posts, and candidates should read them before applying, since the project documents may carry conditions that the short newspaper advertisement does not spell out.

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