PESHAWAR, Feb 17 (APP): The Directorate General, Information & Public Relations (I&PRs) Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has once again directed the management of all newspapers working in the province to provide details of their employees, their salaries, and bank statements within a period of 10 days, said a letter dispatched in the name of all chief editors, here on Friday.
The letter is written under Sub-Section 94) of Section (6) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Press, Newspapers, News Agencies and Books Registration, Act 2013.
It is the second dispatch sent to the management of newspapers after the first of a similar nature dispatched to them in October 2022.
Under the provisions of the Act, the management of newspapers working in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is bound to pay their respective employees as per the Wage Board Award.
Furthermore, the management of newspapers has also been directed to meet the minimum requirements of Human Resources (HR) as per Section-7 (g) of the KP Govt. Advertising Policy, 2022.