Islamabad:
Spokesman for the National Assembly Secretariat on Thursday stated that neither the speaker’s office nor the National Assembly Secretariat had any role in the salary increase of the speaker.
In a step that has raised the eyebrows, the government had approved an overfarmful increase in wages for the chairman of the Senate and the National Assembly Chair and brought it to RS1.3 million a month.
According to a review dated May 29, the Senate chairman and the NA speaker’s salaries have been collected from RS205,000 to RS1.3 million. In addition to 50 per cent. Of the revised salary (RS650,000) as Sumptuari.
The hike with retrospective effect was taken into force in January 2025.
By tackling the case, the spokesman said the summary of the salary increase was prepared by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
The summary was then forwarded by the ministry and approved by the federal cabinet.
