PESHAWAR: The caretaker cabinet of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has approved raising the minimum wage from Rs25,000 to Rs32,000.
Caretaker KP Chief Minister (CM) Azam Khan chaired the cabinet session today to review a 10-point agenda. The session was attended by caretaker ministers, advisers, special assistants, chief secretary and senior officers.
During the session, two items each were tabled by the labour, health and relief departments, whereas, Auqaf, local government, agriculture and population welfare presented one item each.
The caretaker KP government approved raising the minimum wage from Rs25,000 to Rs32,000. The CM Azam Khan-led cabinet approved the grant in aid for schools that came under the administration of Workers Children Education Board. –Agencies
