PTI government is considering a massive increase of more than 800 pc in the salary of all provinces’ governors. It has been learnt.
Official sources said the finance ministry has been verbally asked to do the spade work for increasing the salary of the provincial governors in proportionate to the huge raise (in salary) given to the President of Pakistan during the tenure of PML-N government in June this year.
Sources said the formal proposal for an increase in governors’ salary will be moved after the working on the proposal is complete. The president’s salary is around Rs920,000 excluding allowances. The president’s salary was a little over Rs133,333 per month till a few months back but the PML-N government had raised it manifold to Rs846,550 in June 2018. Later, the president got a 10 percent raise.
The rule was also set that president’s salary will be one rupee more than that of the Chief Justice of Pakistan. According to the information provided to parliament by the last government in 2017, the CJP’s salary was about Rs846,549 per month plus Rs370,597 per month as superior judicial allowance. Furthermore, if the chief justice is not provided official residence, he is also entitled to receive Rs68,000 as house rent.
It is not clear if the president’s salary and allowance exceeds the total salary package offered to the Chief Justice of Pakistan or the one rupee factor for the president is applied only on salary, excluding superior judicial allowance as allowed to the CJP.
The governor’s salary could be linked with the salary of the high court chief justice, whose salary in 2017 was Rs784,608 per month plus an additional Rs296,477 as superior judicial allowance and Rs65,000 as house rent if official residence is not provided.
A governor presently draws around Rs80,000 salary per month. Going by the formula applied for the president, this salary will go one rupee beyond the salary of HC CJ which in 2017 was Rs784,608 excluding the superior judicial allowance.
