K-P tourism department has installed the camping pods. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
Tourism Police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) have not received their salaries for the past six months. Upon the emergence of the issue, a Calling Attention Notice has been submitted in the Provincial Assembly.
The notice is a document used in official bodies to bring a matter of urgent public importance to the minister’s attention. It has been jointly submitted in the assembly by PML-N members Shoubiya Shahid and Suresh Kumar, PPP members Ashbar Jadun, Garpal Singh and Bahari Lal, along with Askar Parvez of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI).
K-P’s Tourism Police are facing numerous financial, administrative, and professional difficulties due to the non-payment of their salaries, according to the notice. The affected personnel are also facing emotional and mental distress over the issue, saying that they have also not been provided a formal service structure, adding to the uncertainty regarding their future.
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The submitted notice states that the contract of the Tourism Police had expired on May 1, 2025, but former Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur had announced in a Board of Directors meeting that the employees in question would be made permanent. However, this announcement was never implemented.
Further, the notice argues that a one-time temporary extension act was passed in the Provincial Assembly but was also never implemented, which is unfair to the personnel.
The lawmakers have thus sought permission to discuss the matter to grant the personnel their rightful entitlements, addressing their anxiety and discontent.
