According to the documents available, while Prime Minister’s salary proposed at Rs2.441 million. The amount for PM House expenses suggests being Rs210.80 million.
The federal budget documents revealed that for the next financial year, Rs30 million proposes for salaries and perks of advisers to the premier; while Rs29 million will be set aside for special assistants.
It is pertinent to note that the gross salary of the premier is currently Rs201,574.
The budget for the President House proposes at Rs1.020 billion — Rs405 million for salaries and other expenses of president’s public office employees and Rs615 million for salaries and other expenses of the Prime Minister’s personal office employees.
Last year, the government had decided to slash the perks and privileges of the president and prime minister.
Unveiling the “people-friendly” federal budget for FY22, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin kicked off the National Assembly session by recalling the state of the economy that the ruling PTI had received when it came to power.
He said that the current account deficit was at a historic high of $20 billion. But the government through its prudent policies manages to drag the economy out of trouble.
He said that the budget deficit was at a high of 6.6% and the foreign exchange reserves were at a critical level of $10 billion at the end of the PML-N’s tenure. However, the situation has now improved.
The responsibility to fix the economy fell to the PTI as the previous government had hampered the economy. By taking loans and artificially fixing the dollar at Rs104 for five years. Now it is up to Prime Minister.