ISLAMABAD: Members of Pakistan’s National Assembly and Senate are set to see a remarkable 138% increase in their salaries, following the passage of the Members of Parliament Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Bill 2025 in the National Assembly on Tuesday.
The bill, which has already been approved by the Senate, proposes raising parliamentarians’ salaries from Rs218,000 to Rs519,000, bringing them in line with the pay of federal secretaries. The bill now only requires the signature of the President of Pakistan to become law.
Introduced by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Romina Khurshid Alam, the bill sailed through the National Assembly with broad bipartisan support, with no objections raised by lawmakers from either the opposition or the treasury.
The proposed amendment to the Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) Act, 1974 was approved earlier by the National Assembly’s Finance Committee on January 26, during a meeting chaired by Speaker Ayaz Sadiq.
Representatives from various political parties, including Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), PML-N, and others, were united in their support for the significant salary increase.
This move follows a similar initiative in the Punjab Assembly, where a bill to raise lawmakers’ salaries from Rs76,000 to Rs400,000 was unanimously passed in December. In addition to the salary hikes for parliamentarians, the bill also increases the remuneration for provincial ministers, speakers, and other government officials.
Under the new provisions, the salary of provincial ministers will rise from Rs100,000 to Rs960,000, the speaker’s salary will increase from Rs125,000 to Rs950,000, and the deputy speaker’s salary will go up to Rs800,000 from Rs120,000. Parliamentary secretaries will now receive Rs451,000, up from Rs83,000, while advisers and special assistants to the chief minister will see their pay rise from Rs100,000 to Rs665,000.
With this major hike in salaries, the Pakistani government aims to align the financial remuneration of its lawmakers with senior officials in the executive branch.
