The parliamentarians are set to receive a massive 138% increase in salaries and allowances as the Amendment Bill 2025 was tabled and passed in the National Assembly with a majority vote on Tuesday.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Romina Khurshid Alam tabled the bill in the National Assembly related to salary hikes.
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The bill proposes raising parliamentarians’ salaries from Rs218,000 to Rs519,000, aligning them with federal secretaries’ pay. Already approved by the Senate, the bill has now been sent to President Asif Ali Zardari for approval.
The bill seeks to amend the Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) Act, 1974 [The Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) (Amendment) Bill, 2025].
Remember that, in December the Punjab Assembly also unanimously approved a bill to significantly increase lawmakers’ salaries, making them from Rs76,000 to Rs400,000.
The speaker’s salary was increased from Rs125,000 to Rs950,000, whereas that of the deputy speaker was hiked to Rs800,000 from the previous Rs120,000.
