Summary Members will be awarded IT equipment allowance of Rs 3 hundred thousand per year
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Government and Opposition put their disagreements aside and seemed unified over raise in salaries as National Assembly (NA) unanimously approved tenfold increase in wages and benefits for parliamentarians within few minutes, reported Dunya News on Thursday.
The salaries of parliamentarians has now reached to 2 hundred thousand from 71 thousand while Rs 4 hundred thousand has been placed for the Speaker and Chairman Senate while Rs 3.5 hundred thousand has been approved for Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman.
Other than that, with respect to utility allowance, office maintenance and constituency allowance Rs 2 hundred thousand and 20 thousand has also been allotted for parliamentarians. Rs 50 hundred thousand has also been increased in terms of transport allowance.
Members will be awarded with IT equipment allowance of Rs 3 hundred thousand per year.
