A bill to enhance salaries of Member Provincial Assembly (MPAs) advisors, special assistants of chief minister and chief minister will be presented in the Punjab Assembly on Monday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday.
Sources said that salaries of all the above-mentioned dignitaries will be increased from the start of new year.
Sources further revealed that bill of salary increase is also included in the agenda of provincial assembly session scheduled to be held on Monday.
After passage of the bill, an MPA who is currently drawing Rs100,000 salary will be eligible to get Rs500,000 as salary.
Earlier, on December 5, 2024, the Punjab cabinet has approved increase in the salaries of members of the provincial assembly.
After the Punjab cabinet approval, the salary of an MPA has been hiked to Rs500,000.
Moreover, salary of Speaker Punjab Assembly will be Rs1 million while Deputy Speaker’s salary will be Rs800,000.
Further, salary of provincial ministers will be Rs1 million each while parliamentary secretaries will get Rs600,000 each.
Similarly, salary of special assistants and advisors will be Rs700,000 each.
A bill regarding the raise in the salaries will be presented in Provincial Assembly for approval soon.
Reporter: Rao Dilshad Hussain