Nominations of BS-20 officials sought for NMC

ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division has invited nominations of Grade-20 officers for attending the National Management Course (NMC).

The NMC is mandatory for promotion to Grade-21. The course will be held from January 13 to May 16, 2025 at National School of Public Policy Lahore.

The office memorandum directed ministries, divisions, departments and institutions to send nominations of officers to Establishment Division by November 29. Nominations have also been sought from four provincial governments, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan governments.

Establishment Division will itself finalise nominations of Pakistan Administrative Service, Police and Secretariat Group officers. Nominations received directly from institutions will not be accepted. These should come through the ministry.

The memorandum said nominated officer for the training course should be a regular employee of Grade-20 or equivalent. He should have seniority in his group in the promotion zone.

Officers on international deputation and those on long leave will not be eligible to attend the training course. An officer who misses the course twice in a row will lose the right to promotion.

The OM directed ministries and institutions to remove obstacles in participation of officers in the course. Officers above age of 58 years will be exempted from the course. Officers against whom administrative action is pending should not be nominated, the OM said.