Pakistan, March 19 -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday directed Punjab Chief Minister Usmam Buzdar to 'improve' governance in the province, as he summoned the provincial chief executive to seek an explanation over a bill recently passed by the Punjab Assembly proposing hefty increase in salaries of the lawmakers.
During the meeting held at the PM Office, Imran Khan reiterated his disapproval of the Punjab Public Representatives' Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019 passed by the Punjab Assembly last week. Buzdar reportedly told Imran Khan that an increase in the salaries of lawmakers was 'necessary', to which the prime minister responded that the increase should have been proposed while keeping in mind the austerity drive of the federal governmen...