In Tuesday’s session, legislators seemed to be comparing their salaries with assembly members of other provinces. He said most assemblies had increased the pay, but the Punjab Assembly failed to follow suit. Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari said the bill should be passed if all members were satisfied and had no objections. Later, matters got heated in the session as Punjab government MPAs and ministers failed to defend the derogatory statement of Minister for Information and Culture Fayaz-ul-Hasan Chohan against the Hindu community. The debate sparked when PML-N minority MPA Tahir Khalil Sindhu lashed out over Chohan’s derogatory statement.

Source: The Express Tribune March 06, 2019 03:19 UTC