{"id":95107,"date":"2024-12-17T15:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=95107"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:51:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:51:02","slug":"punjab-assembly-approves-hefty-pay-raise-for-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2024\/95107\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab Assembly approves hefty pay raise for lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pakistan(National Times)- LAHORE:\u00a0The Punjab Assembly has unanimously approved a bill to significantly increase lawmakers&#8217; salaries, raising them from Rs76,000 to Rs400,000.\u00a0 The Punjab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives 2024 bill was passed during the assembly session presided over by\u00a0Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan on Monday.\u00a0 Leader of the Opposition Ahmad Khan Bachar raised objections to the Bill but the speaker termed it as per the 1972 Parliamentary Act, saying that it was a right and constitutional step. &#8220;The perks including salaries and allowances of the speaker, deputy speaker, MPAs, parliamentary secretaries, advisors, special assistants and ministers are governed by their respective laws and every time, a revision in their perks is needed, relevant laws were required to be amended by the Assembly,&#8221; the bill states.\u00a0 According to the bill, an increase in their salary was made in 2019 and the emoluments drawn by them are \u201cvery low\u201d and \u201cinadequate\u201d in the prevailing circumstances. Therefore, an increase in their salary is proposed.\u201d It also proposes a minister\u2019s pay to increase from Rs100,000 to Rs960,000 and for the Punjab Assembly speaker, it will increase from Rs125,000 to Rs950,000. As per the proposal, the salary of the deputy speaker will jump to Rs800,000 from Rs120,000; parliamentary secretary from Rs83,000 to Rs451,000; adviser to the CM from Rs100,000 to Rs665,000; special assistant to the CM from Rs100,000 to Rs665,000. Meanwhile, another resolution\u00a0condemning the Army Public School, Peshawar tragedy of 2014 was also passed unanimously.\u00a0 The resolution, moved by PML-N MPA Raheela Khadim Hussein, demanded exemplary punishment for the perpetrators of this heinous act in which innocent students and school staff were martyred by the terrorists. The resolution stated that such incidents could not terrify the nation. The resolution also paid rich tribute to the teachers and 124 students martyred 10 years ago in the tragedy.\u00a0 The nation marked a decade since the tragic attack on the APS on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan(National Times)- LAHORE:\u00a0The Punjab Assembly has unanimously approved a bill to significantly increase lawmakers&#8217; salaries, raising them from Rs76,000 to Rs400,000.\u00a0 The Punjab Revision of Salaries of Public Representatives 2024 bill was passed during the assembly session presided over by\u00a0Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan on Monday.\u00a0 Leader of the Opposition Ahmad Khan Bachar raised objections [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Punjab Assembly approves hefty pay raise for lawmakers - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2024\/95107\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab Assembly approves hefty pay raise for lawmakers - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pakistan(National Times)- LAHORE:\u00a0The Punjab Assembly has unanimously approved a bill to significantly increase lawmakers&#8217; 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