The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed the Control of Narcotic Substances (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 2021. White Star/File
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed the Control of Narcotic Substances (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 2021, making the manufacturing, selling and dispatching of methamphetamine drug, commonly known as ice or crystal, a punishable offence as a person involved in the heinous crime could get death penalty.
According to the statement of objects and reasons of the government bill, the culprits are given no punishment in trial courts as neurotoxic synthetic drugs including ice, crystal and meth were not defined in the laws.
The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed a bill enhancing privileges and allowances of the provincial parliamentary secretaries. APP/File
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed a bill enhancing privileges and allowances of the provincial parliamentary secretaries, including ‘special allowance’ of Rs 50,000, use of a car, house rent and sumptuary allowance.
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla, who presented The Sindh Parliamentary Secretaries (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill, 2021, said that the privileges and perks of the parliamentary secretaries were increased as their remuneration were nominal as compared to their counterparts of other provinces.
He informed the house that a common lawmaker of Sindh Assembly got a sum of around Rs155,000 monthly but a parliamentary secretary receives an additional ‘nominal’ amount of approximately Rs25,000.
PA passes bill to raise parliamentary secretaries’ salaries and allowances
Karachi
January 8, 2021
The Provincial Assembly of Sindh on Thursday passed a bill to increase the salaries, allowances and other privileges available to the parliamentary secretaries in the House.
Five lawmakers of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) are working as parliamentary secretaries for the provincial government’s departments of local government, food, law, irrigation and Zakat & Ushr.
After the passage of the Sindh Parliamentary Secretaries (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill 2021, each of the five lawmakers will receive a special allowance of Rs50,000 and a sumptuary allowance of Rs10,000 every month.
The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed a bill enhancing privileges and allowances of the provincial parliamentary secretaries. APP/File
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed a bill enhancing privileges and allowances of the provincial parliamentary secretaries, including ‘special allowance’ of Rs 50,000, use of a car, house rent and sumptuary allowance.
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla, who presented The Sindh Parliamentary Secretaries (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill, 2021, said that the privileges and perks of the parliamentary secretaries were increased as their remuneration were nominal as compared to their counterparts of other provinces.
He informed the house that a common lawmaker of Sindh Assembly got a sum of around Rs155,000 monthly but a parliamentary secretary receives an additional ‘nominal’ amount of approximately Rs25,000.