CSS is became trending for those people who wish to get 17th grade or higher post job in govt. departments. This thing increased craze of CSS exam among the people. As per growing number of candidates Federal Public Service Commission defined an eligibility criteria to filter out good and average candidates.
The candidate must have Pakistani citizenship and permanent resident of Kashmir and Jammu state.
The applicant must have bachelor degree (B.COM, BBA, BSCS, BA, etc.) with minimum 2nd division from any university of Pakistan and foreign university that is recognized by HEC.
The applicant that has scored 3rd division in bachelor degree but achieved 1st division in master degree (M.A, MSC etc.) can also apply.
The age limit of candidate for applying CSS exams is 21 to 30 years.
2 year age relaxation allowed in exam like 32 year for employee currently serving the government ( to at least two year services) and this age relaxation is granted by the relevant department through provision permission certificate or if an employee belongs to tribe areas like, Baluchistan and Peshawar district.