PESHAWAR: In a major step towards transparency and ease of payments in public service delivery, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has shifted financial payments for 43 public services to a digital payment system under its cashless policy.
These services included land mutation and fard, motor vehicle registration, motor vehicle token tax, university admission fees, and fees of various educational boards.
Progress on cashless service delivery initiatives was reviewed in a meeting chaired by KP Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah.
The meeting was informed that digital payment systems have been introduced across various government departments.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board is gradually converting 170 services to a cashless mode.
So far, 43 services have been made cashless, while another 23 services are scheduled to be shifted to the digital payment system by the end of January.
It was further shared that since October 2025, salaries of 280,650 government employees and pensions of 130,132 pensioners have been disbursed through digital systems.
Efforts are also underway to make autonomous bodies and authorities of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government cashless, a process expected to be completed by December 2026.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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