EXTRAORDINARY REGISTERED NO. P.

III

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

Published by Authority
PESHAWAR, WEDNESDAY, 10th SEPTEMBER, 2025.
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
LABOUR DEPARTMENT
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NOTIFICATION
Peshawar Dated, the 10th September, 2025.
No.SOL/LD/8-4/2025/MWB/6927-7031. In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of
sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minimum Wages Act, 2013 (Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Act No. XII of 2013), read with section 4 and sub-section (2) of section 5 thereof, and
by revising the previously notified minimum wages, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on the
recommendations of the Minimum Wages Board, is pleased to declare the minimum rates of wages,
as mentioned in Column No. 2 of the Table below, in respect of workers, as mentioned in Column
No. 1 thereof, with effect from 1st July, 2025:
Table
Category of Workers Minimum Rates of Wages
1 2
Adult, unskilled, juvenile and (a) (b)
adolescent workers employed in Per day Per month
industrial establishments and [for eight (08) [twenty six
commercial establishments, whether hours of work] (26) working
registered or unregistered located in days]
the Province of Khyber Rs. 1538.46/- Rs. 40,000/-
Pakhtunkhwa. (Rupees One (Rupees Forty
Thousand Five Thousand
Hundred Thirty only)
Eight and Forty
Six paisas only)
2. The minimum wages shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) the employers in all industrial establishments and commercial establishments

shall pay to their workers the wages at the rate not less than minimum wages
as mentioned in the Table above;

(b) the minimum wages shall not be considered as maximum rates and any
existing wages higher than the minimum wages mentioned in the Table above
shall not be reduced. However, the employers shall be at liberty to pay higher
wages either unilaterally on their own initiative or by collective agreement in
view of any special consideration including higher grade, skill, experience
and higher cost of living in a particular locality or other reason;
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(c) the minimum wages for other categories of workers shall, in no case, be less
than the minimum wages fixed herein;

(d) the employers shall revise, where necessary, the rate of remuneration for
piece-rate workers so as to ensure that workers in such piece-rated
occupations are enabled by working eight (08) hours a day and twenty six
(26) days in each month, as the case may be, to receive wages not less than
the minimum wages mentioned in the Table above;

(e) the minimum wages shall be applicable to time rated workers including
temporary workers, piece-rated workers and workers engaged on contract
basis as per sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Act ibid;

(f) the workers shall continue to enjoy such facilities as house rent allowance or
free house, electricity, water, conveyance, free medical aid, gratuity, bonus,
pension, any form of insurance, provident fund, recreation, subsidized food,
education, holidays and leave with pay, attendance allowance, and any other
benefit already provided by the employer;

(g) no variable or incentive allowance (non-statutory) or value of welfare

facilities as mentioned in preceding clause shall be adjusted against the
minimum wages;

(h) the daily/weekly working hours, conditions of overtime, work on weekly

holidays or rest and on paid holidays etc, shall be regulated by the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Factories Act, 2013, Act ibid and other relevant labour laws for
the time being in force;

(i) the provisions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Factories Act, 2013 and other
labour laws for the time being in force shall be applicable generally but more
particularly with regard to the daily/weekly working hours, conditions of
overtime work, work on day of rest and other similar matters;

(j) the wages of apprentices shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions
of the Apprenticeship Ordinance, 1962; and

(k) female and trans gender workers shall get the same minimum wages as male
workers receive for work of equal value.

Sd/-
Secretary to Government of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Labour Department

Printed and published by the Manager,

Staty. & Ptg. Deptt., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar