Frustrated candidates protest after PPSC cancels exam for Tehsildar posts
Candidates frustrated after PPSC cancels paper 30 mins before exam
Sources say exam cancelled thanks to paper leak
PPSC notice says exam cancelled thanks to 'unavoidable circumstances'
LAHORE: The Punjab Public Service Commission's (PPSC) eleventh hour decision to cancel Saturday's exam for the posts of tehsildar has led to protests by the candidates outside exam centres.
The aspirants had received the exam centres fully prepared for the exam on Saturday only to seek out a notice posted by the PPSC, just half-hour before the beginning of the test, announcing the cancellation of the paper.
The commission said the exam was cancelled thanks to “unavoidable circumstances”.
The candidates, who had braved the cold, protested outside the exam centres. They alleged the exams were cancelled after a paper was leaked.
According to the PPSC sources, on the brink of 104,000 candidates had applied for the 58 posts of tehsildar and assistant collector.
They claimed that the question paper for English exam was leaked thanks to which the test was cancelled.
A new date are going to be announced later.
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