Only three out of 1,024 candidates pass KP civil judges examination
PESHAWAR: Only three out of 1,024 candidates have passed the written examination conducted by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission to fill 105 vacant positions of civil judge-cum-judicial magistrate and Alaqa Qazi. The exam results were announced by the PCS on Wednesday, showing poor performance of the candidates. The BPS-18 vacant positions were advertised by the Peshawar High Court…
PESHAWAR - Only three out of 1,024 candidates passed the recent Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission's written examination for 105 civil judge-cum-judicial magistrate and Alaqa Qazi positions. The PCS announced the disappointing results on Wednesday, revealing the poor performance of candidates. In April 2026, the Peshawar High Court advertised the BPS-18 vacant positions.
A total of 3,097 applications were received by the commission, and 1,024 candidates appeared for the examination. Saba Rasool from South Waziristan, Abdullah Noor from Bajaur, and Sayed Zahid Hussain from Mardan were the three successful candidates. Pass percentages revealed that 149 out of 1,024 candidates passed the English General and English Essay paper, while 369 out of 654 passed Urdu General and Urdu Essay.
Pashto General and Pashto Essay had a 96% pass rate with 340 candidates taking the exam. General Knowledge saw an 68% failure rate with 687 out of 1,005 candidates not passing. Civil Law-I had a 59% pass rate, Civil Law-II had a 57% pass rate, and Criminal Law had an 81% pass rate. Islamic Jurisprudence had a 70% pass rate, and Qanun-e-Shahadat 1984 and Pleadings had a 78% pass rate.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council expressed concern over the dismal exam results, calling for the PCS to withdraw and review the results and urging the chief justice of the Peshawar High Court to take immediate action.
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