PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has announced the end of its Friday work from home policy with the decision taking effect from July 1, according to an official notification issued on Tuesday.
According to the new policy, Friday would again be treated as a normal working day, and all government employees would be obliged to report to their respective departments and carry out their official duties.
The notification informed that formal directions have been issued to all administrative secretaries for the implementation of this decision immediately.
It meant that all government departments in the province would function normally on Fridays.
The Friday work from home policy had been introduced as part of the austerity drive of the provincial government to save energy and reduce operational costs.
In order to conserve energy, the policy also involved a reduction in the number of employees working in government offices.
With the new decision, all the government offices would resume the normal working schedule after discontinuing the special work from home policy.
However, separately, the government of Pakistan has adopted work from home policy for federal departments situated in Punjab.
KP Home department puts bounties on 15 wanted terrorists in Dir
Earlier, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home Department has issued a new list of 15 wanted terrorists in District Dir and announced cash rewards for information leading to their arrest.
According to the notification, the highest bounty of Rs12 million has been placed on a terrorist named Khurshid. A reward of Rs10 million has been set for information helping in the arrest of Sher Amin alias Kaka.
The department said informants providing details about Qari Ehsan and Sher Alam will receive Rs6 million each, while Rs5 million each has been announced for Spin Shah, Ejaz, and other wanted individuals.
Rewards of Rs4 million each have been announced for information leading to the arrest of Kifayat, Hazrat Hussain, and Sharifullah.
CTD officials said the identity of anyone providing information about the wanted persons will be kept completely confidential.
