KP Govt makes allowances of Govt employees conditional with performance: Minister.

PESHAWAR -- The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in one of its most significant decisions to-date has made provision of allowance to government employees conditional with performance.

Minister for Finance Taimur Saleem Jhagra Wednesday said that in this budget, the provincial cabinet reduced its salaries to show commitment to change, before asking others to sacrifice.

Similarly, the move to performance based pay would also start from top to down, starting with the senior most officials in government, he said adding that the decision would hopefully be implemented from 1st January.

Taimur Saleem Jhagra said out of an annual salary bill of more than Rs 200 billion, Rs 100 billion goes to various...