The Services and General Administration Department has prepared a summary to issue 70 new cars for the lawmakers.
Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 3rd April, 2019) The members of Punjab Assembly have refused to take old cars provided by the government.
Media reports said that the government will now issue 70 new cars for the lawmakers.
Upon the refusal to take old cars for they don’t function properly, the Services and General Administration Department has prepared a summary to issue 70 new cars for the lawmakers.
The Finance Ministry confirmed that it has received the summary.
The new cars will be issued after approval from the Finance Committee.
The move appeared at a time when the government was focusing on austerity measures, curtailing unnecessary expenditures and focusing on public welfare programs.
However, Dr Shahbaz Gill, spokesperson for Punjab government, denied all such reports. He termed such reports baseless, adding that no such decision has been taken.
Earlier, the Punjab Assembly unanimously passed a bill increasing the salary, allowances, perks and privileges to each legislator just in 24 hours.
According to the bill, MPA's salary and incentives have been increased from Rs83000 to Rs2 lac per month.
The basic salary was raised from Rs18,000 to Rs80,000/month, daily allowance from Rs1000 to Rs4000/month and house rent from Rs29,000 to Rs50,000/month.
Besides this, the bill had fixed utility allowance from Rs6000 to Rs20,000/month and hospitality allowance from Rs10,000 to Rs20,000/month.
This received wide criticism, following which Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar did not sign the bill.
