KP removes bar on married daughters in job quota

The Human Resource Management Department, through a notification issued on September 4, 2025, announced that married daughters will now be

ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has removed restrictions preventing married daughters of deceased or invalidated government employees from securing appointments under the provincial job quota.

The Human Resource Management Department, through a notification issued on September 4, 2025, announced that married daughters will now be considered for appointment under the former Rule 10(4) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion & Transfer) Rules, 1989, subject to fulfilment of other eligibility requirements.

The decision effectively withdraws earlier instructions issued on February 21, 2020, and April 28, 2023, which had placed additional conditions on married daughters seeking employment under the quota.

Under the previous policy, a married daughter was eligible only if she was separated from her husband and financially dependent on her parents. Those conditions have now been withdrawn.

The provincial government said the change has been made in accordance with a Supreme Court of Pakistan judgment issued on March 17, 2025, in Constitutional Petition No. 566-P/2024. The apex court ruled that a married daughter of a deceased or invalidated government employee could qualify for appointment under Rule 10(4), regardless of her marital status or financial dependence, provided she otherwise meets the prescribed requirements.

The Law Department had also recommended withdrawal of the earlier restrictions following the Supreme Court’s decision.

However, the notification makes clear that the latest decision does not revive appointment rights in cases where the qualifying event—the death or invalidation of the government employee—occurred on or after September 26, 2024. The department noted that Rule 10(4) itself was struck down by the Supreme Court after that date.

Applications involving qualifying events that took place before September 26, 2024, will continue to be dealt with under the applicable law and instructions contained in the HRM Department’s letter dated June 20, 2026.

The notification has been circulated among administrative secretaries, commissioners, deputy commissioners and heads of attached departments throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for implementation.

The move is expected to provide relief to families of deceased and invalidated government employees whose married daughters had previously faced exclusion from the employment quota because of their marital status.