Pakistan Railways Jobs 2026 — Director (Business Development) & Deputy Director (Financial Analyst), Islamabad

Ministry of Railways, Government of Pakistan — Islamabad

By Muhammad Younus, Editor Posted: 16 Oct 2026 Updated: 25 Oct 2026 10 min read

The Ministry of Railways is hiring two senior contract professionals for its Strengthening of Planning, Development, Monitoring & Evaluation Directorate (SPD&ME) project in Islamabad: Director / Business Development (PPS-10) and Deputy Director (Financial Analyst) (PPS-09).

Both appointments are on the Project Pay Scale and will run for two years or until the project is completed, whichever comes first, and are extendable. Selected candidates can be posted anywhere in Pakistan if the administration requires it.

These are experienced-professional roles with clear requirements. The Director post requires an MBA or MS in Marketing, Finance or Project Management (minimum 16 years of education) with more than 12 years of experience; an additional Project Management qualification is preferred. The Deputy Director post requires an MS in Finance, MSc in Economics, ACCA, CA or a related discipline with more than 7 years of post-qualification experience. Applications are submitted through the National Job Portal (njp.gov.pk) by 30 October 2026.

About Ministry of Railways, Government of Pakistan

Pakistan Railways is the country's state-owned railway operator, working under the Ministry of Railways, Government of Pakistan, with its headquarters in Lahore. It runs the national rail network — passenger trains, freight services, stations and workshops across all four provinces — and remains one of the largest public-sector organisations and employers in Pakistan. For millions of passengers, the railway is the most affordable long-distance transport in the country, and its freight operations move fuel, containers, agricultural produce and industrial goods between the ports and the up-country markets.

Within the Ministry, the Strengthening of Planning, Development, Monitoring & Evaluation Directorate (SPD&ME) is a development-project unit. Its work is to plan the Railways' development projects properly, prepare and appraise their documents, and then monitor and evaluate them while they are being executed, so that funds are spent on time and project targets are met. Because project planning, business development and financial analysis need specialist professional skills, the directorate hires experienced professionals on the Project Pay Scale (PPS) for the life of the project. The two posts in this advertisement — Director (Business Development) and Deputy Director (Financial Analyst) — sit in exactly that specialist layer of the directorate.

Vacant Positions — Post-Wise Details

Two senior posts are open in the SPD&ME project, one in PPS-10 and one in PPS-09. Both are Islamabad-based project appointments for experienced professionals, and both carry demanding experience requirements — read the table and the eligibility section carefully before applying.

• Director / Business Development: The Director leads business development for the project and the directorate: identifying commercial opportunities, building partnerships, shaping development proposals and overseeing the planning and monitoring work of the unit at a senior level.
• Deputy Director (Financial Analyst): The Financial Analyst prepares and appraises project financial models, cost estimates and feasibility numbers, analyses budgets and expenditure, and supplies the financial analysis on which project decisions and evaluations are based.

Eligibility Criteria — Who Can Apply

• Director / Business Development (PPS-10) — 1 post, maximum age 50 years: MBA/MS in Marketing, Finance or Project Management (minimum 16 years of education, HEC-recognised) with 12+ years of experience; an additional Project Management qualification is preferred
• Deputy Director (Financial Analyst) (PPS-09) — 1 post, maximum age 45 years: MS Finance / MSc Economics / ACCA / CA or a related discipline (minimum 16 years of education) with 7+ years of post-qualification experience
• Pakistani nationals meeting the advertised qualification and experience exactly should apply

Both posts require a minimum of 16 years of education from an HEC-recognised institution — in practice a Master's degree or a four-year Bachelor's followed by a Master's, or a professional qualification such as ACCA or CA where the advertisement accepts it. For the Director post, the degree must be an MBA or MS in Marketing, Finance or Project Management, with more than 12 years of experience; an additional Project Management qualification is preferred, which means it strengthens an application but is not a substitute for the degree and experience. For the Deputy Director post, the accepted fields are MS Finance, MSc Economics, ACCA, CA or a related discipline, with more than seven years of post-qualification experience — that phrase matters: experience is counted from the date you completed the qualifying degree or qualification, not from earlier jobs.

The maximum age is 50 years for the Director and 45 years for the Deputy Director, and as a general rule in federal recruitment the age is assessed on the closing date of applications unless the advertisement states otherwise. As general rules, foreign degrees require HEC equivalence to be treated as equivalent, experience must be supported by verifiable certificates from recognised organisations, and only candidates who meet the advertised qualification and experience exactly are shortlisted — the advertisement itself says Pakistani nationals meeting the criteria exactly should apply. One condition deserves attention before you apply: although the posts are based in Islamabad with the SPD&ME directorate, the advertisement states that selected candidates can be posted anywhere in Pakistan if the administration requires it, so applicants should be genuinely willing to serve outside Islamabad if posted.

Salary & Benefits

Pay for both posts is on the Project Pay Scale — PPS-10 for the Director and PPS-09 for the Deputy Director — and the advertisement does not print a monthly rupee figure. The Project Pay Scale, explained in general terms, is the government's standard pay framework for staff hired on development projects: each PPS grade carries a consolidated project salary fixed under the government's PPS policy, paid for the duration of the project appointment instead of a regular Basic Pay Scale salary with its own increment and allowance structure. The appointment here runs for two years or until the project is completed, whichever comes first, and is extendable, so the package continues while the appointment lasts. The exact amount for each grade is set under the prevailing PPS policy and the project document, and is confirmed in the appointment terms; any specific monthly figure quoted by unofficial sources should therefore be treated as unverified.

Selection Process

Applications are submitted through the National Job Portal, after which they are scrutinised against the advertised qualification and experience. Only shortlisted candidates are called for the next stage, which for senior project posts of this kind is an interview before the selection committee; candidates who are not shortlisted are not informed individually. No test date or interview schedule has been announced at the time of this listing — shortlisted candidates are contacted by the Ministry after the closing date.

Preparation guidance: build your application around measurable experience — projects planned, appraised or monitored, business development results, or financial models and analyses you have personally produced. For the interview, revise project planning and monitoring concepts, PC-I documentation and public-sector development procedures, and be ready to explain your role in each project on your CV in detail. Make sure your NJP profile, CV and documentary record agree with each other exactly, because at this level scrutiny is documentary and discrepancies are treated seriously.

Documents Required

• CNIC (copy, with original available at interview)
• All degrees and transcripts (attested copies)
• HEC equivalence certificate, if any degree is foreign
• Experience certificates / service letters covering the required years of experience
• Professional qualification certificates (ACCA / CA membership documents, where applicable)
• Project Management certification, if held (an advantage for the Director post)
• Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) with project-wise experience
• NOC from the current employer, if in government service
• Recent passport-size photographs
• Domicile certificate (copy)

Terms & Conditions

As stated in the advertisement, these are project contract appointments for two years or until completion of the project, whichever is earlier, and are extendable; they do not confer a right to regular appointment in Pakistan Railways. Selected candidates can be posted anywhere in Pakistan as the administration requires. The Ministry reserves the right to cancel the recruitment process, or to not fill any post, without assigning a reason, and to shortlist strictly against the advertised criteria. Concealment or misstatement of facts can lead to disqualification at any stage, including after appointment. Government employees should apply through the proper channel. No TA/DA is admissible for the selection process unless announced otherwise by the Ministry.

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