PM disappointed after Punjab MPAs raise their own salaries

islamabad — Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday expressed his disappointment over a decision of the Punjab Assembly to raise pays and privileges of MPAs, ministers and the chief minister.

The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday passed the bill to raise salaries of public representatives. After the passage of the bill, the speaker’s salary has jumped from Rs37,000 to Rs200,000 per month and his deputy would now get Rs185,000 instead of Rs35,000 and so would be cabinet members and advisers.

The members of Punjab Assembly (MPAs) are now entitled to Rs80,000 per month rather than Rs18,000 and their utility bills entitlement has gone up to

... Once prosperity returns to Pak such a move cld be justified, but now, when we do not have resources to provide basic amenities to all our people, this is untenable imran Khan @ImranKhanPTI

Rs200,000 instead of earlier Rs120,000.

Taking to Twitter, Imran Khan said that once prosperity returned to Pakistan such a move would be justified, but “now when we do not have resources to provide basic amenities to all our people, this is untenable”.

“I am extremely disappointed by decision of Punjab Assembly to raise pays and privileges of MPAs, ministers and especially the chief minister.”

The unanimously-passed legislation was tabled by treasury member Ghazanfar Abbas Cheema.

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry also commented on the situation and said its seems the Punjab government is unaware of the prime minister and the government’s austerity policies, “otherwise such sham exercises of awarding huge benefits to themselves would not have happened”. —