Zareef Rind

August 10, 2026 HYDERABAD, PAKISTAN – Young people applying for entry-level jobs in Sindh’s bureaucracy have been protesting that only 70 out of over 4,300 of them have passed the exam held by the Sindh Public Service Commission. They sat ten written papers for the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE), whose shockingly slim number of successful candidates was announced on May 6. This is how assistant commissioners, assistant directors and section officers at Grades 16 and 17 are hired.

Young people applying for entry-level jobs in Sindh’s bureaucracy have been protesting that only 70 out of over 4,300 of them have passed the exam held by the Sindh Public Service Commission. They sat ten written papers for the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE), whose shockingly slim number of successful candidates was announced on May 6. This is how assistant commissioners, assistant directors and section officers at Grades 16 and 17 are hired.

The crowd at the Railway Ground, Quetta was laser focused on the footwork between Noshki and Kech in the qualifying round of the 6th Chief Minister Balochistan Gold Cup which would be followed by the qualifier for the nationals. At the edge of the field stood Hamza, Pakistan Police Football team’s star. This season he was positioned on the other side of the boundary line. He was guarding the match in a police uniform.