Zardari bars Sindh lawmakers from taking hefty salary raise
The former president took notice of the 300 per cent increase in the salaries of MPAs and provincial ministers
October 15, 2017
KARACHI: Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari prevented the Sindh government from availing the proposed raise in the salaries of lawmakers.
The former president took notice of the 300 per cent increase in the salaries of the MPAs and provincial ministers.
Zardari directed Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah that under the ongoing financial condition, the raises would be an extra burden on the national treasury.
Provincial minister Nasir Hussain Shah said that the decision to increase the salaries will be reviewed now, following the notice taken by the PPP co-chairman.
On October 15, the chief minister had approved a summary to increase salaries and privileges of provincial lawmakers, including his own.
According to the proposed law, there was an increase of around 150 per cent in the salaries of cabinet members, advisers and special assistants.
The salaries of the chief minister, speaker and deputy speaker were to be raised by a hefty 300 per cent.
