PESHAWAR: Employees of the University of Peshawar (UoP) have announced a complete pen-down and tool-down strike from Wednesday (today) to protest the non-payment of October 2026 salaries and pensions, and decided to stage a sit-in outside the administration block. Representatives of Class-IV, Class-III and sanitation staff said the university administration had failed to release salaries and pensions for October despite receiving a grant from the federal government. They said they had also held a detailed meeting with the university treasurer to discuss the payment issue, but no positive development had emerged so far. The employees’ representatives pointed out that September 2026 salaries had also been paid on October 23, following a strike and protest sit-in by the staff. Expressing concern over the repeated delays, they said the situation had caused serious financial difficulties for employees and pensioners, who depended on timely payments to meet their household expenses. They announced that all university operations would remain suspended during the strike, including routine office work. Employees deployed at university hostels would also participate in the protest, while hostel messes would remain closed. The employees have directed all concerned staff members to assemble outside the administration block on Wednesday and participate in the sit-in until their demands were addressed. DLP Report
