Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- The interim government would not implement the new pay scale for government employees due to time constraints, an adviser said Tuesday.

"We did not make any decision to implement it [new pay scale]," Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan said after a meeting of the Advisers' Council Committee on Government Purchase at Bangladesh Secretariat.

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed presided over the meeting, but he did not talk to the press.

Mr Khan said the government only received the report from the pay commission.

"Since the government has only 15 days left, we will not take any step in this matter."

He said a committee, headed by the cabinet secretary, had been formed to scrutinise t...