Senate approves free air travel for 446 Parliamentarians families - 2020

[313ghazi]

Everyone should get on twitter and tweet PTI mouthpeices and MNA's etc demanding an answer. This is the parrot cages all over again.

 

[Max]

They don't have any shame, people are suffering bcoz of Corona slow down and they are busy with their usual business.

 

[Hiraa]

Kitne muftkhoor hain yeh sab. Disgraceful lot.

 

[S.Y.A]

thank you pti and imran khan. i was thinking of changing my profession, now i know where to go next.

 

[Pakistan Ka Beta]

Senate is not in PTI hands.

Senate is controlled by the Opposition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Pakistan

Why is the knee-jerk reaction always against PTI? I'm not even Pakistani and I am better informed than you. Do you guys not use google? I think you guys deserve Junior Bhutto or Ganja ruling you. As the Quran says (which most of you haven't even read in a language you understand):

Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves (Surah Ra'ad: 11)

Bill was presented by PTI Minister ( Advisor ) and was not opposed by any PTI member and was passed unanimously including PTI . knee jerk reaction against PTI because they got vote on Tabdeeli , Ahtesaab .

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Told you so, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf is the most evil political party in Pakistan's history.

Cartoon-e-Azam PM Imran Khan imposed poverty on the nation, destroyed the economy and lost Kashmir in just his first year of his incompetent rule.

 

[WebMaster]

PTI is a minority in senate, therefore it makes sense.

 

[313ghazi]

PTI is a minority in senate, therefore it makes sense.

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They didn't have to vote for it. You can always vote against it and lose the vote. It's a matter of principle.

 

[WebMaster]

They didn't have to vote for it. You can always vote against it and lose the vote. It's a matter of principle.

Where is the voting list? It will be good to expose them as well.
However, it is unfair to label this as PTI policy where their power is only 18/104.

 

[TheDarkKnight]

Told you so, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf is the most evil political party in Pakistan's history.

Cartoon-e-Azam PM Imran Khan imposed poverty on the nation, destroyed the economy and lost Kashmir in just his first year of his incompetent rule.

PTI is minority in senate. This cannot pass without PPP and PMLN support.

 

[Crusher]

Another example of self-serving b******* making laws to secure free financial benefits for themselves and their families, this British imported parliamentary system is fked up and inherently unsuitable for country like Pakistan. This is people's money which they are allocating to themselves, this is not the money from their mom's jahaiz.

 

[Maea]

The bill was unanimously, meaning that not even one person opposed it. From this kind of bs we can conclude that everyone is same.

Shame on everyone. Hope they die a slow and painfull death.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Senate body approves free air travel privilege for parliamentarians’ families
The privilege, which was earlier restricted to parliamentarians only, includes free access to 25 business class air tickets, besides annual travel vouchers worth Rs300,000

By
Ghulam Abbas
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June 16, 2020

ISLAMABAD: At a time when the government could not increase its employees’ salaries for the next fiscal year, the Senate’s Standing Committee on Finance & Revenue on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that allowed the family members of parliamentarians to avail 25 business class domestic air tickets, besides Rs300,000 annual travel vouchers.

Justifying the facilities for parliamentarians, committee chairman Senator Farooq Hamid Naek remarked, “All parliamentarians are not rich,” claiming that Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) Amendment Bill 2020, would not have an additional burden on the national exchequer since “changes were only made in the procedures”.

According to the Parliamentary Affairs Division, the free travel privilege for parliamentarians was regulated under Section 10 of the Members of Parliament (Salary & Allowances) Act 1974, wherein members were entitled to 25 business class open return air tickets per annum from the airport nearest to their constituencies to Islamabad.

In addition, yearly vouchers of Rs300,000 were also provided to parliamentarians as well as their family members for travelling by air or train.

The division stated that there had been persistent demand by the parliamentarians to extend the utility of 25 air tickets to their family members as well, adding that National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Rules of Procedures had also supported this demand.

“Therefore, vouchers of equal value in lieu of admissible 25 business class open return air tickets would now be issued to the members of the parliament, which could also be utilized by the family members of the parliament as well,” the division stated. “Also, the 25 open business class air tickets and vouchers issued for a year would not expire and would be allowed to be utilized by spouses or children under 18 years of age anytime.”

The bill was moved by Adviser to Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan in the Senate. Under the amended law, a member not interested to be given vouchers shall be paid an allowance, equivalent to the entitled value of the vouchers.

Later, the Senate body deferred a discussion on another bill, wherein the Federal Board Revenue had sought amendments in Customs Act 1969 to empower the FBR’s Board to change the HS Code of imported items so that tax slabs could be changed. The committee would discuss the related rules in its upcoming meetings.

https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk...avel-privilege-for-parliamentarians-families/

This system is broken and needs to go. Same old senators serving their constituencies for how long?

PTI is a minority in senate, therefore it makes sense.

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In sha Allah, I hope Imran Khan brings it to the attention of the public. We public can fight back if we have a leader to lead us. These professional bureaucrats need to go.

Pakistan does not have money for this.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Provincial assembly members elect senators for six years. Half of them were elected in 2018 and other half in 2015

Our British colonial system is broken and breeds parasites. That is what it was designed for.

We need a complete overhaul. Throw out judiciary first.

 

[WebMaster]

The bill was unanimously, meaning that not even one person opposed it. From this kind of bs we can conclude that everyone is same.

Shame on everyone. Hope they die a slow and painfull death.

We need this news to be spread, then maybe if they have some shame. They can reverse this. Also the hope is that danda is given from the top, but these senators listen to no one.