Bacha Khan University Charsadda cuts salaries of staff

The vice-chancellor has revised downwards the pays of the faculty members of the university

SHABQADAR: The vice chancellor of the financially over-burdened, Bacha Khan University (BKU) Charsadda has revised downwards the pays of the faculty members of the university. A notification issued by VC Saqlain Naqvi read that salaries of BPS-19 employees have been cut from Rs70,000, to Rs60,000 and BPS-18 from 50,000 to Rs35,000, while those of BPS-17 will have their pays cut from Rs40,000 to Rs30,000. The VC also has reduced salaries of clerical staff of BPS-16 to BPS-12. Naqvi while talking to the local media in his office said the pay-revision was due to financial constraints. The funds provided by the HEC and tuition fee received from students were insufficient to run the institution.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 19^th, 2017.