Islamabad
Supporting the bill to increase salaries of the parliamentarians, Senator Ashok Kumar on Monday said that Rs.150,000 not enough to run household matters. Ashok Kumar, a National Party senator hailing from Balochistan said it is impossible to run domestic matters by living in Islamabad with a salary of Rs. 150,000. Even PM Khan had said that the salary of rs.250,000 per month is not sufficient to run household matters, he added. In his arguments in the support of the bill, Mr. Kumar said the assembly members have to appoint private staff to run the matter, he said the bill to increase salaries of the senators is a private bill, which was supported by PTI, PML-N and the PPP.—INP
