16 federal ministers, ministers of state of PML-N refuse to take salaries, perks & privileges

ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (SABAH): Sixteen federal ministers and ministers of state belonging to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have refused to take accept salaries and other perks and privileges.

This announcement was made by the federal ministers during their meeting with Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif here on Wednesday. They took this decision in view of current poor state of economy of the country and national passion.

Federal ministers and ministers of state belonging to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will work voluntarily. At present, 13 federal ministers and three ministers of state belong to PML-N.

Federal Ministers include Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhry, Rana Sanaullah Khan, Rana Tanvir Hussain, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Khawaja Muhammad Saad Rafique, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Mian Javed Latif, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Senator Chaudhry Azam Nazir Tarar Advocate, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan while ministers of state include Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha, Abdur Rehman Khan Kanju and Senator Dr. Musadik Masood Malik,.

It is worth mentioning here that 14 special assistants had already announced to work without any salary and perks and privileges.