Municipal employees have announced a protest against non-payment of wages.

The City Capital Government of Peshawar has been struggling to achieve financial stability as a result of which its employees have not been paid their salaries for the month of December despite the lapse of 15 days.

After two weeks of waiting, the employees have threatened to start a protest and go on strike due to non-payment of their salaries and dues. Official sources told The Express Pakinomist that the financial condition of the City Metropolitan Government had further deteriorated, making the payment of salaries very difficult.

The situation is dire for local government employees in Peshawar as they are facing severe financial hardship due to non-payment of salaries and pensions.

As a result, many employees struggle to make ends meet and pay their own electricity and gas bills. Many have complained that their power connections had been disconnected due to non-payment. To make matters worse, local shopkeepers have stopped supplying goods on credit, they said. Employees said the root cause of the crisis lay in the wrong policies of the provincial government, including the mayor’s office and local government officials, which had led to severe financial difficulties.

Unfortunately, despite the gravity of the situation, no serious attempt has been made to find a solution, and the Municipal Board and the Minister of Local Government have failed to address the problem, leaving the municipal employees to bear the brunt of the situation.

United Municipal Workers Union President Malik Muhammad Naveed Awan has expressed deep concern over the fact that LG employees across the province, not only in the Capital Government Peshawar, were receiving their salaries only after staging protest strikes every month, making the recurring issue a major concern for the provincial government.