{"id":63901,"date":"2025-01-28T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=63901"},"modified":"2025-01-28T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:08:10","slug":"kp-govt-to-give-salaries-pensions-before-february-1-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/kp-govt-to-give-salaries-pensions-before-february-1-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"KP govt to give salaries, pensions before February 1, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government\u00a0<\/span>announced\u00a0<\/span>distribution<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>salaries and pensions<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0all\u00a0<\/span>serving<\/span>\u00a0and retired employees by January 31<\/span>\u00a0ahead of the weekend holidays.<\/span><\/p>\n

As<\/span>\u00a0February 1\u00a0<\/span>would<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>fall\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>Saturday<\/span>–<\/span>a public holiday<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>therefore,\u00a0<\/span>the government\u00a0<\/span>intended<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>paying<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>workers and pensioners <\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>time. <\/span><\/p>\n

To\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>effect<\/span>, the finance department<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>issued<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>orders<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>payment of\u00a0<\/span>salaries and pensions\u00a0<\/span>in advance\u00a0<\/span>before\u00a0<\/span>holidays on February 1 and 2. A circular\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sent to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>administrative officers of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government departments<\/span>\u00a0in this regard<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>asking<\/span>\u00a0them to make the\u00a0<\/span>payment<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>accordingly<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/span>is likely to bring\u00a0<\/span>respite<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>employees and pensioners who were\u00a0<\/span>anxious<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>over<\/span>\u00a0receiving\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>payment<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0time.<\/p>\n

Recently, the KP Finance Department\u00a0<\/span>issued<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a warning to\u00a0<\/span>government employees\u00a0<\/span>against<\/span>\u00a0their attendance\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>more so about <\/span>official\u00a0<\/span>working<\/span>\u00a0hours, reminding them of\u00a0<\/span>strict\u00a0<\/span>attendance from\u00a0<\/span>9 AM to 5 PM<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The department\u00a0<\/span>has<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>warned\u00a0<\/span>that negligence\u00a0<\/span>will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>lead<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to deductions\u00a0<\/span>in salary<\/span>, disciplinary\u00a0<\/span>action<\/span>, or even transfers. It came in <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>backdrop<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>complaints<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>from the\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>against<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>negligence<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>employees<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The government is\u00a0<\/span>ensuring<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>accountability<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>employees\u00a0<\/span>regarding<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>their attendance and performance. It<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>pertinent to mention here\u00a0<\/span>that the KP government\u00a0<\/span>announced a 10<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>percent\u00a0<\/span>increase in salaries and pensions\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government employees <\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>its<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>provincial budget for fiscal 2024-25.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government\u00a0announced\u00a0distribution\u00a0of\u00a0salaries and pensions\u00a0to\u00a0all\u00a0serving\u00a0and retired employees by January 31\u00a0ahead of the weekend holidays. As\u00a0February 1\u00a0would\u00a0fall\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday–a public holiday,\u00a0therefore,\u00a0the government\u00a0intended\u00a0paying\u00a0the\u00a0workers and pensioners in\u00a0time. To\u00a0this\u00a0effect, the finance department\u00a0issued\u00a0orders\u00a0to\u00a0make\u00a0payment of\u00a0salaries and pensions\u00a0in advance\u00a0before\u00a0holidays on February 1 and 2. A circular\u00a0was\u00a0sent to\u00a0the\u00a0administrative officers of\u00a0the\u00a0government departments\u00a0in this regard,\u00a0asking\u00a0them to make the\u00a0payment\u00a0accordingly. This\u00a0is likely to bring\u00a0respite\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0employees and pensioners who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":37754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[7415,26134,12480],"class_list":["post-63901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-pakistan","tag-public-holiday","tag-kp-employees-salaries","tag-kp-govt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63903,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63901\/revisions\/63903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}