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APPLY FOR MNA POST

December 10th, 2007 | Category: Pakistan, Politics

Received this in an email, so I thought I’d share it…
I’ve sent in my application :)
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Following are the inducements for Member of National Assembly (MNAs) in Pakistan:

Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (MNA):

Monthly Salary : Rs. 120,000 to 200,000
Expense for Constitution per month : Rs.100,000
Office expenditure per month : Rs.140,000
Travelling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : Rs.48,000 (For a visit to Islamabad & return: 6000 km)
Daily BETA during Assembly meets : Rs.500
Charges for 1 class (A/C) in train : Free (For any number of times & All over PAKISTAN)
Charges for Business Class in flights : Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.)
Rent for Govt hostel any where : Free
Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units
Local phone call charges : Free up to 170,000 calls.
TOTAL expense for a MNA per year : Rs. 32,000,000 (approx.)
TOTAL expense for 5 years per MNA : Rs. 160,000,000

For 534 MNAs, the expense for 5 years : Rs. 85,440,000,000 (about 9000 crores)

Think of the Great Democracy we have…….. & Great Politicians……………

*** PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ALL CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN…….Before Elections 2008 so that everybody can apply for post of MNA

8 Comments so far

  1. minos December 10th, 2007 11:28 am

    hmmm… 40 officially sanctioned “trips” a year with wife OR pa !?!?!?

    i’d definitely hire a young, nubile and very female p.a. if i were to be elected. no danger of being stoned to death here (hudood or no bleddy hudood ordinance)

  2. Kashif December 10th, 2007 11:44 am

    that’s “pa” as in “pa pa”

  3. Faisal December 10th, 2007 7:58 pm

    @Kashif - splendid interpretation.

  4. Sidhusaaheb December 11th, 2007 12:00 pm

    Oh that’s what they do here too…earn packets of money i.e.

    And then they unanimously pass a bill or two every now and then to hike their salaries…

    The basic requirements are money or muscle (read ‘criminal record’) or both…

  5. Anna December 11th, 2007 7:15 pm

    OK - I’m a bit “currency knowledge challenged” here - being from the land of greenbacks, as I am - but I take it these folks make a lot of money?

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  7. freddy alvin December 12th, 2007 10:16 pm

    it would be great to see a similar list about how much we spend annually on our ”patriotic generals”

  8. Jaded December 14th, 2007 9:34 am

    If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em! Hear Hear!!

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