The federal government must resolve the issue of the absorption of the Soil Survey of Pakistan (SSP) employees who have been deprived of their salaries for the last few months at the earliest, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Minister for Information and Cabinet Committee on Absorption of Federal Employees Chairman, Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on Tuesday. He made the demand while chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Absorption of Federal Employees transferred to province under 18th Constitutional Amendment at Peshawar. The meeting was also attended by Establishment Secretary Aarifeen Khan, Population Welfare Secretary Ahmad Hanif Orakzai and authorities concerned of devolved departments.