The federal government has approved a huge increase in the salaries of the Chairman Senate and Speaker of the National Assembly, raising their monthly basic pay from Rs. 205,000 to Rs. 1,300,000, effective January 1, 2025.
This marks a massive increase of 535 percent in the basic salary of Pakistan’s top parliamentary figures.
According to a notice issued by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs seen by ProPakistani, the revised salary package has been sanctioned under Section 19AA of the Chairman and Speaker (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975.
In addition to the new basic pay, both officeholders will receive a sumptuary allowance equal to 50 percent of their revised salary.
This comes on months after the National Assembly in February passed an amendment bill raising the salaries and allowances of parliamentarians. Under the amendment, the salaries and benefits for MNAs and senators were increased on par with federal secretaries at Rs. 519,000 per month.
This is how government think about themselves they don’t care about people of Pakistan they only think about benefits, increasing salaries, maintaining their protocols traveling in 30,40 cars protocol
And when it comes to implement huge tax they implement multiple taxes on Pakistani people (poor, middle class) who are already struggling to earn and facilitate their family government should end every special royal privileges given to me ministers, MNA’S MPA’S these ruthless ministers ruin Pakistan
thugs of Pakistan.
And as usual . No media including you will ask why is that ???