Islamabad:
The National Assembly, despite tough protests from PTI legislators, on Tuesday passed a bill that increased wages and perks for parliamentarians through a majority.
The National Assembly’s Finance Committee, led by NA speaker Ayaz Sadiq, approved the proposed increase in the monthly salary for each MNA and senator to RS519,000. Previously, legislators received RS180,000 per year. Month.
The legislation aimed at changing the law of MPs (wages and allowances), 1974 [The Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) (Amendment) Bill, 2025]is already approved by the Senate.
Earlier, the session fell into chaos when PTI legislators staged a loud protest, sang with slogans, created a ruckus and pointed out Quorum questions, eventually forcing a postponement before the agenda could be ended.
Na opposition leader Omar Ayub Khan seized his long -awaited opportunity to raise a point of order and blow the government over alleged political victim of the opposition.
Ayub accused the former army chief, retired Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa of intentionally preventing the introduction of electronic voting machines (EVMS) by election, arguing that their presence would have made it impossible to manipulate results in favor of the current government.
The NA speaker Sadiq, which concerned a parliamentary committee for appointing the supreme election commissioner, the NA speaker, clarified that letters had already been sent to both the government and the opposition parties. The committee, he assured, would be composed as soon as nominations were received.
However, he took the exception to the comments of a judge from Islamabad High Court (IHC) who questioned the effectiveness of Parliament, and warned that such statements were a direct attack on the authority of the institution.
“No one has the right to undermine parliament’s dignity,” he claimed, promising that the legislature’s holiness would not be compromised in any circumstances.
His strong reprimand came in response to legal comments regarding the roles of the judiciary, performing and legislature.
NA speaker Sadiq claimed that although the judiciary and executive were pillars in the state are dismissive declarations of Parliament’s relevance unacceptable.
“We will not tolerate any attacks on the credibility of this institution,” he said, defending the legislator’s supremacy.
The already heated session cooked over when Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar got up to respond to the opposition leader’s accusations.
PTI legislators immediately broke out in protest, stood on their seats, knocked desks, and ripped copies of the agenda before throwing them over the chamber.
In response to their song that branded the assembly a “false parliament,” Tarar shot back and said, “If you call it fake, write it in writing and stop taking wages from it”.
Despite the rebellion, Romina Khurshid Alam, PM’s coordinator of climate change, managed to present parliamentary wages and quotas (amendments) Bill 2025, which was quickly adopted by a majority.
