It has been revealed that thousands of employees of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department are receiving travel allowance despite residing in government accommodations or hostels.
According to sources, this issue had already been identified earlier, however, despite official directives, thousands of employees are still being paid the travel allowance.
Health Department officials stated that only employees residing in a few major hospitals of the province are having their travel allowance deducted, while most employees are still availing this benefit.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has taken notice of the matter and directed the Health Department to prepare a list of all employees residing in government houses or hostels and to immediately stop their travel allowance.
The committee has also decided that the travel allowance received by such employees from 2017 till now will be recovered.
