Provincial Management Service (PMS) is the premier civil service of the province dedicated to the betterment and uplift of the general public. PMS officers come from many streams,i.e. 50% through promotion from amongst Tehsildars, Superintendents, Personal Secretaries, etc and 50% through open merit competitive examination held every year. However, the main chunk of officers are recruited directly into the BPS 17 after qualifying rigorous examinations {C.C.E of 12 papers} and scrutiny {post written tests of 4 stages} of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC).
For PMS courses, NOA completes all the preparation of all selected subjects at the time of admission in 90 days.
The examination will be conducted in the six compulsory subjects along with three optional subjects. The details of the papers are given below
Written Examination:
| (Six Papers) | Compulsory | Total 600 Marks |
| (Three Papers) | Optional | Total 600 Marks |
| (1) | English Essay (An essay on one of the several specified topics) | (Subjective) | 100 Marks |
| (2) | English
(This paper is intended to test the ability of the candidates in functional English comprising précis writing, translation from Urdu into English, composition and usage of idioms). |
(Subjective) | 100 Marks |
| (3) | Urdu
(Paper of Urdu (Compulsory) will comprise of Essay Writing, Précis, Explanation of Poetic Verses, Translation from English, Idioms and their usage.) |
(Subjective) | 100 Marks |
| (4) | Islamic Studies
Ethics (For Non-Muslims Candidates) |
(Combination of both Subjective & Objective) | 100 Marks |
| (5) | Pakistan Studies | (Combination of both Subjective & Objective) | 100 Marks |
| (6) | General Knowledge | (Objective) | 100 Marks |
| (7) | Psychological Test and Interview | 200 Marks |
| Group & Sr. No. | Subjects | Marks |
| Group “A” | ||
| 1. | Commerce | 200 |
| 2. | Economics | 200 |
| 3. | Business Administration | 200 |
| 4. | Public Administration | 200 |
| Group “B” | ||
| 5. | Agriculture | 200 |
| 6. | Veterinary Science | 200 |
| 7. | Botany | 200 |
| 8. | Zoology | 200 |
| Group “C” | ||
| 9. | Mathematics | 200 |
| 10. | Computer Science | 200 |
| 11. | Statistics | 200 |
| 12. | Principle Of Engineering | 200 |
| Group “D” | ||
| 13. | Physics | 200 |
| 14. | Chemistry | 200 |
| 15. | Geology | 200 |
| 16. | Geography | 200 |
| Group “E” | ||
| 17. | Political Science | 200 |
| 18. | History | 200 |
| 19. | Law | 200 |
| 20. | Mass Communication | 200 |
| Group “F” | ||
| 21. | Philosophy | 200 |
| 22. | Psychology | 200 |
| 23. | Sociology | 200 |
| 24. | Social Work | 200 |
| Group “G” | ||
| 25. | English Literature | 200 |
| 26. | Urdu | 200 |
| 27. | Arabic | 200 |
| 28. | Education | 200 |
| 29. | Persian | 200 |
| 30. | Punjabi | 200 |
