National
January 24, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Saturday moved an adjournment motion to hold a debate in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly to address the concerns of employees of the University of Peshawar (UoP) over the payment of the half salary for the month of January due to financial crisis.
Inayatullah Khan, the parliamentary leader of JI in the provincial assembly, submitted the adjournment motion to the assembly secretariat to discuss the salary issue of the university employees.
A notification issued by the office of UoP registrar said that due to financial constraints the university was not able to disburse full salary to its employees for the month of January and only basic and personal pay would be given to them. The adjournment motion said that in a situation where the outbreak of Covid-19 across the country had severely affected daily life and created harsh financial difficulties for people, such a decision of the university administration would creat