KP minimum wage implementation sought for autonomous bodies

Mettis Link News reported that the Employees Union of the Small Industries Development Board wants the Rs45,000 monthly minimum wage applied at once to staff of autonomous bodies and to daily-wage labourers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Union president Sahibzada Naseem Khan said the provincial administration set that floor in Budget 2026, with effect from July 2026. He maintained, though, that the change has not been put into practice across autonomous and attached institutions.

Khan argued that workers in autonomous institutions should not be left out of a wage policy that covers government as a whole, especially as food, electricity, education, healthcare and transport costs climb. He asked Chief Minister Sohail Afridi to order relevant departments and autonomous bodies to pay the amount from July without further delay. He also urged labour unions and employee groups across the province to press the matter together, saying the increase must bring real relief to low-paid workers rather than remain a line in the budget.