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PPSC Photo & CNIC Resizer

Prepares the photograph and CNIC image a PPSC online application asks for. Drag the frame over your picture, and the tool crops it to the required proportions, saves it as JPG under the size limit, and records the print size so the file reports 3.5 × 4.5 cm (or 8.6 × 5.4 cm for a CNIC). Everything runs in your browser.

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What is this photo for?

PPSC photograph: 3.5 × 4.5 cm, JPG, under 25 KB.

Size limit

PPSC photograph — the official requirements

Recent, passport size and professionally taken
At least 4.5 cm high by 3.5 cm wide
JPG format
Coloured, with a white background and clear contrast
Full head, clear face and shoulders — a covered face, caps and glasses are not acceptable
Only you, with no other objects, and not cut down from a larger picture
Looking straight at the camera with a neutral expression

PPSC publishes two limits: its Photograph Guidelines allow up to 60 KB, while its Online Application Procedure says under 25 KB. Both documents are still on its website. The 25 KB setting passes either; choose 60 KB only if the form you are using accepts it, since it keeps more detail — which matters most for the text on a CNIC.

Sources: PPSC Photograph Guidelines (updated April 2024); PPSC Online Application Procedure (October 2022). Checked 28 September 2026 — requirements can change, so confirm on the form you are filling in.

How to Use

1Add your photograph, or a picture of the front of your CNIC.
2Choose PPSC photo or PPSC CNIC. The frame changes to the right proportions.
3Drag the frame, or use the size slider, until your head and shoulders sit inside the oval — or the whole card fits the box.
4Leave the limit at 25 KB unless your form accepts 60 KB.
5Click the button and download the JPG.

About this tool

Updated September 30, 2026

What PPSC actually asks for

A recent, professionally taken passport photo, at least 4.5 cm high by 3.5 cm wide, in JPG, coloured, on a white background. The CNIC front must be at least 5.4 by 8.6 cm and legible.

Those are PPSC's own words, from its Photograph Guidelines, and the page prints them in full with a link to the document. The Guidelines also rule out a covered face, caps and glasses, require you to look straight at the camera with a neutral expression, and say the photo must be only of you and not cut down from a larger picture. That last point is about using a snapshot of a group; cropping your own portrait to the required shape is exactly what the size rule expects.

The two limits, and why the tool picks the smaller

PPSC publishes 60 KB in one document and 25 KB in another. Both are live on its site, so aiming under 25 KB passes either.

The Photograph Guidelines, updated in 2024, say the photo and the CNIC image should each be no more than 60 KB. The Online Application Procedure says the maximum size of the image should be less than 25 KB. Neither withdraws the other. Rather than guess which one your form enforces, the tool defaults to the stricter figure. If you know your form accepts 60 KB, switching to it is worth doing for a CNIC, where the extra room goes into readable text.

Why the frame is taller than your photo

3.5 × 4.5 cm is a portrait shape. Most phone photos are wider, so part of the picture has to go.

Rather than squashing the image, which would distort your face, or cropping from the centre and hoping, the tool shows you the frame and lets you place it. Put your head and the top of your shoulders inside it, with a little space above your hair. The dashed oval is a rough guide to where a face usually sits in a passport photo, not a rule from PPSC. For the CNIC, switch presets and the frame becomes the card's own 8.6 × 5.4 cm shape.

Check the form, not just this page

Requirements change, and a particular advertisement can set its own. The rules here were read from PPSC's documents on 28 September 2026.

The page links to the exact documents used, so you can open them and confirm. If the advertisement or the application screen states something different — a different size, or a specific pixel dimension — follow that and use the custom limit in Compress Image to KB. Photograph your face against a plain white wall in even daylight before you start; a clean, well-lit original survives a tight size limit far better than a dim one.

Features

Crops to exactly 3.5 × 4.5 cm for a photo, or 8.6 × 5.4 cm for a CNIC
Writes the print resolution into the file, so it reports the right centimetre size
Aims under 25 KB by default, which satisfies both limits PPSC publishes
A 60 KB option for forms that accept it, which keeps far more detail on a CNIC
Always JPG, the format PPSC specifies
The official requirements and their source are printed on this page
Runs in your browser; your photo and CNIC are never uploaded

FAQ

Is the limit 25 KB or 60 KB?

PPSC publishes both. Its Photograph Guidelines allow up to 60 KB; its Online Application Procedure says under 25 KB. Both documents are on the PPSC website, so the tool aims under 25 KB by default — a file that size passes either check. Switch to 60 KB only if the form you are filling in accepts it.

Why does the tool ask me to drag a frame instead of just resizing?

PPSC requires 3.5 × 4.5 cm, which is a taller shape than most phone photos. Something has to be cut off. Choosing the frame yourself means your face stays centred instead of an algorithm deciding what to remove.

My CNIC text looks soft at 25 KB. What should I do?

A card is mostly small text, which is the hardest thing to keep at a tight limit. If your form accepts 60 KB, switch to it — in our testing that produced roughly four times as many pixels. Otherwise fill the frame with the card edge to edge and photograph it in even light.

Does the file really say 3.5 × 4.5 cm?

Yes. The tool writes a print resolution into the JPG, so software that reads it reports the intended physical size. The pixel count is what most upload forms actually check, and that is set to match.

Is my photo uploaded anywhere?

No. The cropping and compression happen inside your browser, and neither your photo nor your CNIC is sent to us.

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