Inter Services Selection Board

Inter-Services Selection Board
Abbreviation ISSB
Motto We Select Defenders of Pakistan
Formation 1952 (1952)[1]
Headquarters Kohat
Region served
Pakistan
Official language
Urdu
English
Parent organization
 Pakistan Armed Forces
Website issb.com.pk

The Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB) is a committee for the selection of commissioned officers in the armed forces of Pakistan, Army, Navy and Air Force. Selection is made on the basis of five days of psychological screening[2] to test the ability, aptitude and personality of a candidate.[3] The tests are held in any one of the four centers, namely Kohat, Gujranwala, Quetta and Malir.[4]

Candidates who pass the selection procedure qualify, provided that they pass a medical test,[3] to undergo officer training at military academies, primarily the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul,[5] the Pakistan Naval Academy in Manora[6] and the Pakistan Air Force Academy in Risalpur.[7]

Coaching for the tests is not officially allowed, but nevertheless many academies do exist for this purpose, often run by retired army and ISSB officers.[8]

The first Sikh passed the board's selection procedure in 2005,[9] the first Hindu in 2006[10] and the first women also in 2006.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "About". Inter-Services Selection Board. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ↑ http://rangins.blogspot.com/issb-5-days-schedule-day-by-day/
  3. 1 2 Mazurek, Kas; Margret A. Winzer (1994). Comparative studies in special education. Gallaudet University Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-56368-027-4.
  4. ↑ "General information". Inter Services Selection Board. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  5. ↑ The Pakistan review. Ferozsons. 12: 28. 1964. ISSN 0031-0077. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ The Detective. East Pakistan Police Co-operative Society. 11: 3. 1966. OCLC 27132648. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). The armed forces of Pakistan. Allen & Unwin. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-1-86508-119-9.
  8. ↑ "Getting commissioned in forces a dream come true for many". Daily Times. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "Sikh becomes an officer in Pak Army". The Times of India. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "Pak army recruits first Hindu cadet". The Times of India. 25 September 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  11. ↑ "Young women keen to join Pakistan army". The Peninsula. 21 July 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2010.


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