Punjab Daanish Schools Jobs 2026 in Mianwali & Mankera — 14 Non-Teaching Posts

Punjab Daanish Schools & Centres of Excellence Authority (PDS&CEA) — Mianwali (Piplan) and Mankera (Bhakkar), Punjab

By Muhammad Younus, Editor Posted: 30 Oct 2026 17 min read

Punjab Daanish Schools Jobs 2026 in Mianwali and Mankera offer 14 non-academic posts at the authority's Boys and Girls campuses in Mianwali (Piplan) and Mankera (District Bhakkar), and applications must reach the relevant campus by 14 November 2026. The Punjab Daanish Schools and Centres of Excellence Authority (PDS&CEA), Government of the Punjab, recruits across six categories in this round: Doctor / Resident Medical Officer (OG-I), Al-Quran Teacher (DS-14), Nurse (DS-14), Tandorchi (DS-04), Naib Qasid / Office Boy (DS-01) and Mess Waiter / Dishwasher (DS-01), with nine seats at Mianwali and five at Mankera. All appointments are on a contract basis and transferable across any Daanish School or Centre of Excellence in Punjab. There is no online application process: candidates apply by courier or post, or in person at the campus office during working hours, with the post and campus clearly marked on the envelope and a separate application for each post or campus. One inconsistency in this round needs stating plainly: the Nurse post is titled Nurse (Female) in the advertisement, but the Mankera Boys campus column specifies one male seat, so applicants should verify the campus gender requirement by telephone before dispatching documents. The advertisement reference is IPL No. 11498.

About Punjab Daanish Schools & Centres of Excellence Authority (PDS&CEA)

The Punjab Daanish Schools and Centres of Excellence Authority is a Government of the Punjab authority that runs Daanish Schools and Centres of Excellence, a network of high-quality public boarding schools across the province. Daanish Schools are residential institutions that provide schooling, boarding and care to students, with a focus on children from underprivileged backgrounds, and their non-academic staff are the people who keep a boarding campus running around the clock: the doctor and nurse who watch over boarders' health, the teacher who teaches the Quran, the tandorchi and mess staff who feed hundreds of students, and the naib qasid who keeps offices moving. The Mianwali campuses sit at MM Road near Harnoli Mor in Tehsil Piplan, District Mianwali, and the Mankera campuses sit at 5-KM on Bhakkar Jhang Road in District Bhakkar, and each campus has its own principal and office for applications. The authority operates under an autonomous statutory board, and while appointments in this round are contractual, the schools offer structured working environments with prompt salary disbursement and contract renewal based on performance, which is why these campus posts attract late-career professionals as well as younger support workers. A boarding school's non-academic establishment is smaller than its teaching establishment but no less exacting: a single doctor covers a whole campus, a single nurse covers a hostel, and a mess team feeds boarders three times a day, so the advertisement's insistence on separate envelopes, attested documents and campus-specific applications is the authority's way of keeping a small, precise intake orderly.

Vacant Positions — Post-Wise Details

Fourteen posts are open across the two campus pairs: nine at Mianwali (two at the Boys campus and seven at the Girls campus) and five at Mankera (three at the Boys campus and two at the Girls campus). The table below gives each post's scale, campus-wise seats, qualification and maximum age exactly as reported from the advertisement. Mess Waiter / Dishwasher alone accounts for nine of the fourteen seats, so hospitality support dominates this round, while the three senior posts, Doctor, Al-Quran Teacher and Nurse, carry the highest scales and the highest age ceilings.

• Doctor / Resident Medical Officer (RMO): One seat at Mianwali Boys campus. The campus doctor provides round-the-clock healthcare monitoring for boarding students, and the 66-year ceiling deliberately suits retired military or civil medical officers seeking post-retirement placement.
• Al-Quran Teacher (for Quran Teaching): One seat at Mianwali Boys campus. The teacher gives Quranic instruction with Tajweed and translation, and Hafiz-e-Quran, M.Ed. or B.Ed. qualifications supply a competitive edge.
• Nurse (Female): One seat at Mankera Boys campus, listed in the advertisement's column as one male seat despite the post title Nurse (Female). Applicants should verify the campus gender requirement by telephone before dispatching documents.
• Tandorchi: One male seat at Mankera Boys campus. The tandorchi runs the tandoor for the campus mess, feeding boarders daily, and institutional kitchen experience is preferred over general cooking interest.
• Naib Qasid / Office Boy: One male seat at Mankera Girls campus. The office boy handles file movement, office running work and general support for the campus office.
• Mess Waiter / Dishwasher: Nine seats: two male and five female at Mianwali Girls campus, one male at Mankera Boys campus and one female at Mankera Girls campus. The mess team serves and clears meals for boarders, and the female seats at Mianwali Girls campus are the round's largest single group.

Eligibility Criteria — Who Can Apply

• Doctor / RMO (OG-I): minimum MBBS degree recognised by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council; MCPS or FCPS postgraduate qualification or related clinical experience preferred; experience and character certificates from previous employers where available; maximum age 66 years.
• Al-Quran Teacher (DS-14): Shahadat-ul-Aalamiya-Fil-Uloom al-Arabia-wal-Islamia degree from an institution recognised by the Higher Education Commission, with an official HEC Equivalence Certificate; degrees, diplomas and certificates attested by Wafaq Ul Madaris or Tanzim Ul Madaris; verifiable experience teaching Arabic Lughat and Grammar, Tajweed ul Quran and Tarjuma tul Quran; Hafiz-e-Quran, M.Ed. or B.Ed. preferred; maximum age 50 years.
• Nurse (DS-14): Intermediate (Pre-Medical) plus Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery; valid registration with the Punjab Medical Faculty Board or the Pakistan Nursing Council; at least 3 to 4 years of practical experience in a recognised government or private institute or hospital; additional medical certificates or specialised diplomas carry extra weight; maximum age 55 years. Note the gender inconsistency: the post is titled Nurse (Female) but the Mankera Boys campus column specifies one male seat.
• Tandorchi (DS-04): physical fitness and preferably 2 years of hospitality experience in busy restaurants, hotels or institutional kitchens; maximum age 40 years.
• Naib Qasid / Office Boy (DS-01): minimum Middle (Class VIII) pass or equivalent, robust physical fitness, and character and experience certificates from previous employers; maximum age 40 years.
• Mess Waiter / Dishwasher (DS-01): physical fitness and preferably 2 years of relevant service experience; maximum age 35 years.
• All appointments are on a contract basis and transferable across any Daanish School or Centre of Excellence in Punjab.
• A separate application packet and envelope is required for each post and each campus; a single combined application for multiple posts or campuses is treated as an application for one post only and may lead to rejection of the rest.
• Applicants must submit a detailed CV, two recent passport-size photographs, and duly attested copies of educational certificates, experience letters, domicile and CNIC.

Eligibility in this round is set by campus as much as by post, and an applicant who ignores the campus columns will apply for the wrong seat. The three senior posts carry the highest age ceilings in the round, and each targets a different career stage. The Doctor / RMO post at OG-I asks for an MBBS recognised by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, prefers MCPS or FCPS or related clinical experience, and sets its ceiling at 66 years, which is plainly aimed at seasoned or retired medical officers willing to run a boarding school's clinic. The Al-Quran Teacher post at DS-14 is the most credential-heavy post in the round: it requires the Shahadat-ul-Aalamiya degree from an HEC-recognised institution with an HEC Equivalence Certificate, attestation by Wafaq Ul Madaris or Tanzim Ul Madaris, and verifiable hands-on experience teaching Arabic grammar, Tajweed and translation of the Quran, with Hafiz-e-Quran, M.Ed. or B.Ed. as preferred extras, and its ceiling is 50 years. The Nurse post at DS-14 requires Intermediate in Pre-Medical subjects plus a Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery, valid registration with the Punjab Medical Faculty Board or the Pakistan Nursing Council, and three to four years of practical experience in a recognised hospital or institute, with additional medical certificates carrying extra weight, and its ceiling is 55 years; the post also carries the round's one visible inconsistency, because the title reads Nurse (Female) while the Mankera Boys campus column specifies one male seat, and this article flags that rather than resolving it, so that an applicant telephones the campus before posting documents. The support posts are simpler: Tandorchi needs physical fitness and preferably two years in a busy restaurant, hotel or institutional kitchen; Naib Qasid needs Middle pass, fitness and character certificates; Mess Waiter needs fitness and preferably two years of relevant service, and the mess seats split by campus and gender in a way that matters, with five female seats at Mianwali Girls campus, two male seats there, one male seat at Mankera Boys and one female seat at Mankera Girls. Age ceilings for support posts run from 35 years for Mess Waiter to 40 years for Tandorchi and Naib Qasid. Across all posts, the contract condition applies: appointments are contractual and transferable anywhere in the authority's Punjab network, and selected candidates must furnish a medical fitness certificate and a police clearance certificate before induction, while bogus or falsified credentials discovered at induction or later lead to immediate termination.

Salary & Benefits

The advertisement prints no salary figure for any of the six posts, and this article therefore states none. What the advertisement does print is the scale for each post, from OG-I for the Doctor / RMO through DS-14 for the Al-Quran Teacher and Nurse, DS-04 for the Tandorchi and DS-01 for the Naib Qasid and Mess Waiter posts, and pay will follow the Daanish Schools scales for those grades under the authority's contract terms. Because the appointments are contractual rather than permanent government posts, the scale carries the contract package the authority offers for that grade, and candidates who need a rupee figure before deciding should ask the campus office directly, on 0459-295012 for Mianwali Boys, 0459-296504 for Mianwali Girls, or 0333-7727707 for Mankera, rather than relying on a number invented by a job board. The advertisement also mentions no application or processing fee, and this article states none; applicants should pay nothing to any intermediary, since the advertisement invites applications directly to the campus principals and names no agent. The only money condition the advertisement states is a negative one: no travel allowance and no daily allowance is provided for attending tests or interviews, so a candidate travelling to Piplan or Mankera bears the cost personally, which is why submitting the application in person during campus working hours, where feasible, is the safer course for nearby applicants.

Selection Process

Selection begins with scrutiny of the application packet: a detailed CV, two recent passport-size photographs and duly attested copies of educational certificates, experience letters, domicile and CNIC, with the post and campus marked on the envelope, and packets that bundle several posts or campuses, or leave the envelope unmarked, are treated as a single-post application or rejected outright. Only shortlisted candidates are contacted, for a written test or practical evaluation followed by an interview, and no travel or daily allowance is provided for either stage. For the medical posts, the evaluation weighs clinical experience and registration; for the Al-Quran Teacher, it weighs the attested religious degree, the HEC equivalence and demonstrated teaching of Arabic grammar, Tajweed and translation; for the mess and support posts, it weighs fitness and relevant service experience. Before induction, selected candidates must furnish a valid medical fitness certificate and an official police clearance certificate, and any bogus or falsified credential discovered at induction or later in service leads to immediate termination. Preparation should therefore concentrate on a complete, correctly addressed packet first and on the post second: a doctor should be ready to discuss boarding-school clinical cover, a nurse should carry valid council registration, a Quran teacher should carry attested degrees and equivalence, and a mess applicant should be ready for a practical evaluation of kitchen work.

Documents Required

• Detailed CV (resume) with personal information, educational qualifications and relevant experience.
• Two recent passport-size photographs.
• Duly attested copies of educational certificates and degrees for the post applied for.
• Attested copies of experience letters from previous employers, where available.
• Attested copy of domicile certificate.
• Attested copy of Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC).
• HEC Equivalence Certificate, for the Al-Quran Teacher post, with Wafaq Ul Madaris or Tanzim Ul Madaris attestation.
• Valid registration with the Punjab Medical Faculty Board or Pakistan Nursing Council, for the Nurse post.
• PMDC-recognised MBBS degree and any postgraduate certificates, for the Doctor / RMO post.
• Character certificates from previous employers, for support posts.
• Medical fitness certificate, to be furnished by selected candidates before induction.
• Police clearance certificate, to be furnished by selected candidates before induction.

Terms & Conditions

All appointments are on a contract basis and transferable across any Daanish School or Centre of Excellence in Punjab. A separate application packet and envelope is required for each post and each campus, and the post and campus must be marked on the envelope; bundled applications are considered for one post only. Applications must reach the campus office on or before 14 November 2026, only shortlisted candidates are contacted for a written test or practical evaluation followed by an interview, and no travel or daily allowance is provided. Selected candidates must furnish a valid medical fitness certificate and an official police clearance certificate before induction, and any bogus or falsified credential discovered at induction or later in service leads to immediate termination. The authority reserves the right to reject applications according to the conditions stated in the advertisement, and applicants should verify the Nurse post's campus gender requirement by telephone before applying.

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