Karachi (22-06-2023) The representatives of Pakistan’s business community have proposed an amendment to increase the salaries and allowances of the members of the Senate, including the Senate Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the House, in an economically depressed and inflationary country.
The approval of the bill has been described as an open joke with the nation and taxpayers of Pakistan. In this regard, President of United Business Group (UBG), the representative organization of Pakistan’s business community in FPCCI, President Zubair Tufail, Chairman Sindh Zone Khalid Tawab, Secretary General (Sindh Region) Hanif Gohar, former Vice President Tariq Haleem, Abdul Sami. Khan, Ahmed Chinoy, in the Upper House of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Senate Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the House, approved the amendment bill to increase the salaries and allowances of the Senate due to the country’s current troubled economic conditions and inflation.
It has been declared as a severe blow for the poor people. The UBG leaders said that the surprising thing is that when this bill was presented in the House, it was said that the approval of these bills will not have any effect on the national treasury, while the reality is This is that the country’s treasury is empty and the treasury only has the money given by the friendly countries, they have to take help from the friendly countries to show the dollars in the treasury, while the IMF has also refused to give loans. Passing a private member’s bill in the circumstances and hastily is tantamount to making a joke at the international level. UBG leaders said that it seems that all the parties in the present government have got a backseat. Along with Bhagat, these laws were passed at a time when Pakistan is going through a worst economic crisis, the inflow of foreign investment has stopped and domestic industries are fighting for survival due to numerous problems, but sadly, the Upper House I approved an increase in the salaries and allowances of the members of the Senate, including the Senate Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the House, and the children and family members of the current Chairman of the Senate, the children and family members of the former Chairman of the Senate will live a life of luxury and comfort on government expenses, while in case of illness, The treatment can be done abroad at the government expense, the question is whether there are no good hospitals in Pakistan that our rulers and parliamentarians will go abroad for treatment at the government expense. The UBG leaders said that this It is also sad that every Senate Chairman after completing his tenure (i.e. post-retirement) will get 12 employees and 6 guards permanently for life as well as VVIP security wherever he goes. , they will be able to request airplanes for themselves and their children and families for domestic and international travel, which means that our chairman of the Senate can get more privileges than the president of the United States, while overall we already have difficulties.
are suffering and the treasury is emptying, so we demand that the President of the State and the Prime Minister should oppose this privileged bill and not allow it to be passed. The surprising thing is that two former Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani and Farooq Naik, opposition leader Senator Shehzad Waseem are also included while in the past these personalities have been opposing all such expenses, we believe that the President of the State will give the final approval of this bill. Don’t give assent because if the bill is passed, it will make the country worse as a result of which the country is already facing a decrease in tax revenue.
