PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has imposed a ban on the disbursement of salaries and pensions prior to the 1st of each month.
The provincial Finance Department, in an official notification, said the payments made during the last days of October caused administrative problems.
It has now been made compulsory under the new directive that salaries and pensions must be strictly released on the 1st of each month.
The Finance Department instructed all relevant institutions to abide by this rule without exception, lest there be further complications.
The change seeks to rationalize routine administrative work and guarantee smoother financial processing in the provincial government.
Accordingly, all departments and institutions are obliged to comply with the new regulation to avert disruptions of the salary payment process in the future.
Ehsaas e-pension system
Earlier, the Ehsaas e-pension system was launched for government employees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The e-pension system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will come into effect from January 1, 2026, as the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur, has approved the e-pension system.
The Chief Minister’s Secretariat has prepared a concept paper for the launch of the e-pension system, and orders have been issued to the Finance Department to implement it.
With the revolutionary step of the provincial government, pensions will be paid to new pensioners under the e-pension system, and the paper-based pension system will be converted into a completely paperless e-pension system.
This dashboard will be a web-based platform that will consist of a completely paperless workflow.
Under the e-pension system, employees will be able to file their pension case by filling out a simple digital form on the portal 6 months before retirement.
