On Tuesday, the Pakistan Supreme Court’s budget audit was examined by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Noor Alam Khan, the PAC Chairman, presided over the meeting. The committee contrasted the Supreme Court justices’ pay, benefits, and privileges with those of other federal workers. Do you know who is the highest-paid govt employee in Pakistan?
Noor Alam Khan informed the committee about the salaries: the President receives Rs896,550/month, the Prime Minister earns Rs201,574/month, MNAs receive Rs188,000/month, federal ministers receive Rs338,125/month, and Grade 22 officers receive Rs591,475/month. Supreme Court judges receive Rs1,470,711/month, while the Chief Justice of Pakistan receives Rs1,527,399/month.
The PAC chairman acknowledged the pay discrepancy and raised questions about the extent of the gap.
A public accounts committee (PAC) is a committee within a legislature whose role is to study public audits, invite ministers, permanent secretaries, or other ministry officials to the committee for questioning, and report on their findings subsequent to a government budget audit.
Typically, the government is required to report back to parliament on PAC recommendations within a specified period, usually two to six months. More often than not, opposition members chair PACs in the commonwealth.
Based on their findings, PACs often make recommendations to government ministries requiring that they change certain policies and procedures to improve their operations.
