The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has announced salary cuts for those involved in the protest as the teachers' protest enters its fourth day.

 

 

KP Financial Advisor Muzammil Aslam told Geo News that teachers' salaries will be deducted based on their absences from school.

 

 

He maintained that while teachers could participate in the protest, they first needed to make sure to attend their classes, warning them that teachers involved in the protest might face pension issues in the future.

 

 

On the contrary, Azizullah Khan, president of the All-Primary Teachers Association (APTA), speaking to The News, asserted that teachers want their status to be upgraded.

 

 

Addressing the teachers' demand for upgradation, KP's financial advisorr said that it’s impossible to upgrade the 175,000 teachers' status at the same time.

 

 

Meanwhile, KP Education Minister Faisal Khan Tarakai said the government had recently accepted the teachers' demands and is now ready to listen to their concerns again.

 

 

He also urged the teachers to end the protest and asserted that closing schools was not the correct approach.