Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Taimur Saleem Jhagra has said that KP cabinet took one of its most significant decisions to-date, to convert relevant allowances part of government employees pay to a performance base, to help transform governance. This budget, our cabinet reduced its salaries to show our commitment to change, before asking others to sacrifice. Similarly, the move to performance based pay will also be top down and in stages, starting with the senior most officials in government and we hope to implement it from 1st January. Minister Finance stated this in a press statement highlighting the decision of provincial cabinet. Taimur Saleem Jhagra said out of an annual salary bill of more than Rs 200 billion, Rs 100 billion goes to various allowances and salary top ups. In the last government an executive allowance for senior KP civil servants was introduced at 150% of basic pay, something Punjab followed and now under consideration by the federal government, he added.
