LAHORE/KARACHI – As the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is set to form a government in the center after leading the National Assembly elections tally, two elected candidates of the party have announced that they would not be taking salary and other allowances giving to a member of the parliament.
The announcement from the incoming lawmakers of the country’s major political party comes as the party chief Imran Khan vowed to adopt simplicity and lessen the government expenses in his victory speech here the other day.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/imran-khan-to-address-the-nation-at-2pm-tomorrow-naeemul-haque/
Barrister Muhammad Hammad Azhar, who won election from National Assembly constituency NA-126 Lahore, in a tweet said: “As a member of Parliament, I will not take any salary or cash allowance. I will also InshAllah strive to follow the guidance of simplicity given by my leader”.
https://twitter.com/Hammad_Azhar/status/1023482032557633542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1023482032557633542&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftribune.com.pk%2Fstory%2F1768921%2F1-pti-mna-elect-decides-not-take-salary-allowances%2F
Another MNA-elect from Karachi, Najeeb Haroon, has said he will not take “any official salary” and other “perks. Haroon also urged the fellow PTI MNAs-elect to do the same and stand behind Imran Khan.
https://twitter.com/MNajeebHaroon/status/1022821801909526528
On July 26, “I pledge this to you today, it will be my foremost aim to remain as simple as possible … in this poor country, these huge symbols, these mansions and protocols, on public’s money, I pledge that there will be a different kind of governance in Pakistan”.
