Parliamentarians secure massive 138% salary hike as bill breezes through NA

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentarians’ remunerations are set to swell by a staggering 138% as the Members of Parliament Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Bill 2025 sailed through the National Assembly with a majority vote on Tuesday. The bill proposes raising parliamentarians’ salaries from Rs218,000 to Rs519,000, aligning them with federal secretaries’ pay. Already approved by the Senate, the bill now awaits the President of Pakistan’s signature to take effect. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Romina Khurshid Alam tabled the bill, with neither opposition nor treasury lawmakers raising any objection to the whopping increase in their salaries. The bill seeks to amend the Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) Act, 1974 [The Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) (Amendment) Bill, 2025].