Khyber Pakhtunkhwa orders urgent payment of October salaries and pensions
The province's local councils must release October 2026 pay and pensions immediately, with signed payment certificates to follow.
Local council authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were ordered on Friday to pay October 2026 salaries and pensions on an urgent basis, the Local Council Board said in a letter, Local Council Board Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said, ARY News reported.
The letter was issued by the deputy secretary for finance of the Local Council Board and sent to all tehsil municipal administrations, or TMAs, across the province.
The finance department has released the required grants and octroi funds for TMAs in both settled and merged districts, the letter said.
The board has directed that the released funds be used to ensure that salaries and pensions are paid on time and without delay, the letter said.
Tehsil municipal officers have also been told to deal with the matter as an urgent priority, the board said.
Once the payments are complete, an authorized officer must sign a certificate confirming them and submit it to the Local Council Board immediately for its records and any further action, the letter stated.
TMAs are local government bodies at the tehsil level, and their staff are paid largely from provincial grants and locally collected revenue.
Octroi is a local tax on goods brought into a municipal area, and it is one of the revenue sources that local bodies use to meet their costs.
The directive means that employees of TMAs in the province's settled and merged districts should receive their October pay and pensions once the funds are disbursed, subject to the certification process set out by the board.
