Implementation of raise in UAA shortly in Malakad division

NWFP Minister for Finance, Mohammad Humayun Khan, has said that 1000 percent increase in the Unattractive Area Allowance (UAA) for the government employees of Malakand Division would soon be implemented as all the file work has been finalised and notification in this connection would be issued very soon.
He was talking to a joint delegation of Audit and Accounts Committee, Malakand and Wapda Hydroelectric Central Labour Union, Malakand, which called on him at his residence in Peshawar on Saturday. Chairmen, Bakhte Rawan and Nazir Muhammad led the delegations. General Secretaries Tawheed Khan and Muhammad Irshad were also present on the occasion.
The finance minister said that the notification was finalised a week ago but due to inclusion of Shangla and Buner it was delayed little. He said now everything has been final and the employees would hear the good news within few days. He expressed gratitude to the NWFP Chief Minister, Amir Haidar Khan Hoti, who personally took interest in this regard and approved the summary.
He said in Malakand Division the existing UAA ranging from Rs 75 to Rs 200 had been increased from Rs 1000 to Rs 2000 while in Kohistan the increase has been made double as compared to Malakand Division. He said the Kohstanians would receive Rs 2000 to Rs 4000 in the UAA head.
He said that the finance department had approved the case and the file had been moved to the chief minister for the final approval. It may be mentioned here that the standing committee of the NWFP Assembly, headed by MPA Syed Muhammad Ali Shah Bacha, had passed a resolution in this connection, which was unanimously accepted ensuring 1000 per cent increase in the UAA.
Both the delegations thanked the Minister Finance Engineer Muhammad Humayun Khan and MPA Syed Muhammad Ali Shah Bacha for their pro-people efforts in this regard. They said that the finance minister had won the hearts of the people of Malakand Division as well as Kohistan District. They said the decision of 1000 per cent increase has been highly welcomed in the government circles where the employees had accepted it as a gift in disguise.