Guest Post by Awab Alvi (Teeth Maestro)
I have recently come across a few interesting facts regarding the pay scale and fringe benefits enjoyed by each member of our National Assembly (here).
It is more than you might expect. Rs. 32,000,000 per MNA per year; or Rs.8,54,40,000,000 5,47,20,000,000 for all 534 342 MNAs for the 5 year tenure. Democracy, even cosmetic democracy, does not come cheap!
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Pakistani MNA’s Salary and Government Perks
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Monthly Salary
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Rs. 120,000 to 200,000
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Expense for Constitution per month
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Rs.100,000
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Office expenditure per month
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Rs.140,000
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Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km)
(For a visit to ISLAMABAD & return: 6000 km) |
Rs.48,000
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Daily BETA during Assembly meets
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Rs.500
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Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train
(All over PAKISTAN) |
Free
Unlimited |
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Charge for Business Class in flights
(With wife or P.A.) |
Free for 40
trips / year |
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Rent for Govt hostel any where
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Free
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Electricity costs at home
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Free up to 50,000 units
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Local phone call charge
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Free up to 1,70,000 calls.
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TOTAL expense for a MNA per year
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Rs.32,000,000
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TOTAL expense for 5 years
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Rs.1,60,000,000
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For
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Rs. 5,47,20,000,000 |
Keep in mind that these numbers are only the official estimates. You can imagine for yourself the unofficial sums easily acquired by a man in such a position.
Why are we wasting so much of money on a ghost assembly whose job is to do … NOTHING. They have no powers but quite simply play the game as it create a silver lining in their pockets both in terms of official perks and all the unofficial perks they
must be enjoying.
The current batch of 534 MNA’s have done nothing but bash their tables or quite often staging a walk-out in protest. I have occasionally had the displeasure to watch this circus on TV and it appears that these illiterate hooligans quite often simply don’t understand the issue at hand let alone comprehend its importance for its benefits or disadvantages on behalf which may impact the very constituents who elected him into office in the first place. (For earlier ATP posts on some interesting MNA behavior, see here and here).
Dr. Awab Alvi blogs as Teeth Maestro and is one of the people behind Help-Pakistan.com and Bloggers.pk.
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I am Salman hashmi from mumtaz abad Multan my message is for the present Govt officials specially to foreign minister SHAH MAHMOOD QURESHI please spend few days in Multan and check how we are living without electricity.the light goes 6 to 8 hrs around the clock .please do something.
Asslam u elakum Dear Pakistani, I am a retired Govt servant earning pension only 3000 PM, i have 04 daughters living in a 60Sqy home, no one in this Parliament who advice NA or Prime Minister to increase pension up to 50% as increased Govt serving servant to face this crises era, how to pull on our family life
Dear poster
Sorry but the figures you quote are for the indian parliment which has 534membres. A indian newspaper used thoose exact figures but had the salary at 12,000 rupees everything else phonecall allowance electricty allowance is the same but the delhi allowance has been changed either it is a conincidence or a fake. The newspaper said the total bill was Rs.8,54,40,000,000 which you have also used. but reduced to represent les membres
Hi, read this blog http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2007/07/salary-f or-mp-in-india.html
your facts and the ones here are eeriely similar.
constitution is not the the countries constitution i.e dastoor.
it is when the assembly is called and when they gather on a same day, all mna’s from all around pakistan, the gathering in the form of assembly is constitution
Dear Asif,
[quote comment="2898"]YLH,
I hope you remember me from PNS days. It’s good to see that you were able to survive the beating I gave you few years ago and at the same time it is sad that You still have not lost your habit of making unfounded accusations.
[/quote]
Actually I really don’t, but I know there are several people in the internet community who suffer from what I refer to as the Saddam Hussain Complex and therefore claim victory even after a can of whoopass has been unleashed on their rearends. Such disorientation – as which you’ve displayed- is said to be quite common in such cases.
Now coming to the real issue…
[quote comment="2898"]As for your bold part “even the most flawed democracy is better than the most benevolent dictatorshipâ€