[2] The Public Service Commission was set up for the first time in British India in 1926.

At present, the commission is functioning under article 242 of the constitution of Pakistan.

It has been provided autonomy under the Rules of Business, 1973 and FPSC Regulations, 1978 in its working.

The commission has also been given administrative as well as, to some extent, financial autonomy to perform its functions independently.

[4] The commission has the power to select and appoint, based on performances in the Provincial Service Commission Exams, officers to various posts in various departments across the province of Sindh.