FPSC Age Calculator and Age Relaxation Rules

The closing date of the advertisement.

An upper limit of N years means you must not have reached your Nth birthday on the date age is counted. Turning N on that very date makes you over-age by one day.

The Establishment Division told departments in 2010 to print the upper limit with the general 5 years already added (BPS 1-15: 25 + 5 = 30; BPS-16: 33; BPS-17: 35; BPS-18: 40; BPS-19: 45; BPS-20: 50; BPS-21: 55). FPSC's own instructions list the 5 years separately. Which figure an FPSC advert prints must be read from the advert.

The general 5 years plus one category relaxation. Category relaxations are never added together.

• Every candidate: 5 years. Not time-bound in the rule text; still applied in FPSC's 2026 instructions.
• Scheduled Castes, Buddhists, recognised tribes of the tribal areas, and permanent residents of AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan: 3 years. Permanent residence in the area concerned. Proof: Certificate from the Political Agent or District officer, as the advert asks.
• Candidates from Sindh (Rural) and Balochistan: 3 years (only for federal posts in BPS-15 and below). Not for FPSC's BS-16 and above posts.
• Government servants, including contract employees: 10 years (never beyond age 55). Two years' continuous government service on the closing date. Not for employees of nationalised banks, the State Bank, WAPDA, or semi-government and autonomous bodies. Proof: Departmental Permission Certificate.
• Retired or released members of the Armed Forces: 15 years. 15 years, or the years actually served in the Armed Forces, whichever is less.
• Persons with disabilities: 10 years (only for federal posts in BPS-15 and below). Not listed in FPSC's instructions.
• The widow, son or daughter of a civil servant who died in service: 5 years.
• A widow or widower appointed under the Prime Minister's Assistance Package: upper limit 50. Only for an appointment under the Assistance Package.
• Individual compassionate cases: up to 3 years (not automatic). At the discretion of the President or Prime Minister, case by case.

• These rules do not apply to the CSS examination, which has its own (see CSS).

We could not confirm these from an official document, so the calculator does not rely on them. Check the advertisement.

• Whether FPSC adverts print the base upper limit or the limit with the general 5 years already added.
• Whether the government servant's age-55 cap still binds after the general 5 years is added.

1. Enter your date of birth and the closing date of the FPSC advertisement.
2. Enter the upper age limit the advertisement prints, and say whether it already includes the general relaxation.
3. Tick any relaxation that applies to you. Only one category relaxation is added, plus the general relaxation where the advertisement allows it.
4. You see your exact age on the closing date, the limit that applies to you, and each step of the working.

• Counting your age on the day the advertisement was published. Age is reckoned on the closing date for applications unless the advertisement names another date.
• Using a different date of birth from the one on your Matric certificate and CNIC. Recruiters go by your documents; if they differ, sort that out first.
• Adding the general relaxation yourself when the advertisement says the age limit already includes it. It is then counted only once.
• Assuming a relaxation applies without the proof. A relaxation that is not proved with the document the advertisement asks for is refused at scrutiny.