District Management Group

Pakistan Administrative Service, or PAS (previously known as the District Management Group or DMG), is an elite cadre of the Civil Service of Pakistan. Officers in this group are recruited through a competitive examination held once a year by the Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan. Those selected for this group have to undergo a two-year training programme at the Civil Services Academy (CSA) in Lahore, Pakistan.

The Indian Civil Service (ICS)—also known once as Imperial Civil Service, predecessor of the Civil Service of Pakistan and District Management Group—was established by the British to bolster the British Raj. After Indian independence, the ICS component ceded to Pakistan was renamed the Pakistan Administrative Service. Later it was named the Civil Service of Pakistan. In 1954, an agreement was reached between the Governor General of Pakistan and the governors of the provinces to constitute an All-Pakistan service. Under administrative reforms of 1973, the name of Civil Service of Pakistan was changed to All-Pakistan Unified Group (APUG) of which the DMG and Police Service of Pakistan and Secretariat Group are the components. Since 1973, each year a new batch of officers undergo a "Common Training Programme" which includes officers of various occupational groups at the Civil Services Academy. The service of PAS is very versatile in nature and officers are assigned to different departments all across Pakistan during the course of their careers.

After completing initial training and probation at the Civil Services Academy, officers are posted in field offices throughout Pakistan on Basic Pay Scale (BPS) 17 Grade appointments. Officers of the rank of Captains (within 3 to 6 years service) and equivalents from defense services are also inducted (in three occupational groups P.A.S, Police and Foreign Services) on allocated quota after recommendations of Chairman Federal Public Service Commission. Officers of P.A.S are first appointed typically as Assistant Commissioners of sub-divisions. They will simultaneously be charged with the responsibilities of Assistant Collector (Land Revenue) and Sub-Divisional Magistrate. The BPS grades are enumerated (in order of increasing responsibility) as:

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