Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his cabinet members will not take government salaries. Basically they have taken a decision thinking about the country’s financial crisis. This decision was unanimously taken by the Pakistan Cabinet on Wednesday.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Office said the decision was also taken as part of curbing unnecessary government spending.
Already in Pakistan government officials, central ministers, members of provincial councils have been banned from traveling abroad at government expense. They have been instructed not to go abroad without the prior permission of the government.
Due to the financial crisis, the government of the country is emphasizing on the proper use of public resources. The crisis has necessitated fresh loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Pakistan.
Last week, President Asif Ali Zardari and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi also decided not to take salary for the same reason.
Former President Arif Alvi, member of Pakistan, was drawing a monthly salary of Rs 8 lakh 46 thousand 550 as the President. In 2018, the National Assembly of the country fixed this salary. Current President Asif Ali Zardari is one of the richest politicians in the country.
However, the fact that the President, Prime Minister and Ministers are not paid is almost entirely a show-off. By not taking government salary, they basically mean that they are shouldering the burden of the financial crisis of the common people of the country.
Usually they come from rich families. They are not dependent on salary in any way.
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