Rich politicians,poor nation
The country where more than 40% people are living below poverty line, this statistics is like a slap for the whole nation and off course we bring them into power.
Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (MNA)
Monthly Salary: Rs. 120,000 to 200,000
Expense for Constitution per month: Rs.100, 000
Office expenditure per month: Rs.140, 000
Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : Rs.48,000 (For a visit to ISLAMABAD & return: 6000 km)
Daily BETA during Assembly meets : Rs.500
Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train : Free (For any number of times) (All over PAKISTAN)
Charge for Business Class in flights : Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.)
Rent for Govt hostel any where: Free
Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units
Local phone call charge : Free up to 1,70,000 calls.
TOTAL expense for a MNA per year : Rs. 32,000,000
TOTAL expense for 5 years : Rs. 1,60,000,000
For 534 MNA, the expense for 5 years : Rs. 8,54,40,000,000 (more than 900 cores)
And they are elected by THE PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN, by the democratic process
of this world, not intruded into the assembly on their own or by any qualification.
This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and price hike on our regular commodities…….
Think of the great democracy we have………….
via my friend Saad Moten.
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June 26th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
yep! true…
look at the budget allocated to get merc for teh MNA’s
Shame on ‘em!
June 26th, 2006 at 5:11 pm
It makes you cry … an average pakistani person is standing in long queues to get some subsidiized sugar … to buy pulses … that has croseed the price records since ever … !!!
You really feel like crying :/
June 27th, 2006 at 8:22 am
No wonder majority of ppl opt to choose politics as a career, quite lucrative…
June 27th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
And here I thought the honest politicians did’nt make any money and their salaries and benifits would be very low. Hmmmm even the more reason to become politician in Pakistan.
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