Bureaucrats’ perks in jeopardy: No more rides on taxpayers’ expense

Why are they being given cars on depreciated value and also a transport allowance too??? Something is wrong with the math of the Planning Commission?? They should be sold by appointing a third party such as Honda Motors or Indus Motors to sell them through their show rooms at market prices and the monies to be deposited with the Treasury. FYI the British Government has 82 vehicles that cover all, including the Prime Minister. I would like the Planning Commission to give cars to Ministers only and not to the whole NA, Senate and the Provincial Assemblies. All ministers are rich enough to buy their own cars for personal use and their official cars should be available for Official Use ONLY. After the minister signs off for the day the car should be parked at the Ministry with a log book identifying end of day mileage.

My father in the 1950s and 1960s was entitled to a Staff Car with Driver for Official Use. But he still drove to work and from work to home in his personal Morris Oxford car. Driver of the Official Car was under orders from my father not to offer rides to his children at any time. These were the standard operating rules of all officers belonging to the Indian Civil Service. Yes, the service created by the British Empire that valued courage, honor, commitment, service and loyalty to their country and to their fellow man. They were the true Government Servants selected from the entire population of India on merit without any quota system. Not like the pusillanimous cadre of DMG that serves only itself and not even its country honestly. Recommend

@Mirza: No doubt you are right about the abolition of perks from the armed forces as well. But I dont see a brigade of workers at a general’s residence. According to the army regulation, a General is entitled to a transport vehicle, a chef, operator and a batman(battery man). The residence at max stretches on a 605square yard house. This standard is not recently introduced, it is that of what the British left here. Many of the Military’s houses, offices, barracks, depots were made by the British which are still being used. Compare the perks just mentioned to that of a politician. He consumes more than a dozen Elite force troops, a dozen drivers and a fleet of cars (40% with bulletproof vehicles). 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
Traveling 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: Rs.160,000,000
As such for 534 MNAs, the expense for 5 years comes to Rs.85,440,000,000 (about 9000 crores)

I would at least not mind the current perks an officer of the armed forces enjoys, he rises from a low ranked officer and is promoted on performances and devotion to duty for the defence of the country. The service puts an officer in at least 10 times in a danger where he could lose his life. What does a minister, MPA, MNA or a politician sacrifice for the country! If they spend Rs.100 on their election campaign, they easily get 10,000times that of what he invested when he gets in power.

For the time when we face economic crisis, Armed forces should also be asked to reduce their spendings per grade officer. Recommend

I second the opinion of Mr. Mirza….the decision should be across the board and on the vertical as well as horizontal axis…..not only cars for BPS20-22 but all the facilities provided in kind to any and all employess from BPS 01-22 should be monetised…..this would result in effective management of resources….aur sub se bari baat logon ko bachat ki aadat paray gi…..sarkari maal to maal e muft hota hai aur us k liye dil e beraham her dum tayyar hota haiRecommend

Just do it.. for God’s sake just do it rather only consider it… Recommend

@ Mirza: you seem kidding bro =P BMW is no more than 6-7million with the recent duties imposed on luxury vehicle, this month. As far as i know forces are government institution and are exempted from tax and custom duties, so it wont be much for the BMW you point to. Point is we need to ask the government whose ministers use bullet proof cars that are in actual more than Rs30million.Recommend

The exorbitant perks that Rahman Malik, Babar Awan, Pervaiz Ashraf, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Firdaus Ashiq Awan, Shahbaz Shareef, Nawaz Shareef etc enjoys are far beyond to that of any other institution government pays for from the pocket of the civilians. The Court should withdraw all luxury from these inept American stooges.Recommend

Pleaseeeeee withdraw everything that this government enjoys on my money!Recommend

Great start! Today I am not going to crib and cry like the comments given above and just be happyRecommend

Bureaucrats are the true enemies of Pakistan. Bureaucrats create poverty through corruption. Poverty creates extremism and extremism promotes voilence. Recommend

@Uzair Javaid: The naval chief’s BMW was NOT a 5 series. It was a 740Li. Ex-factory price of this vehicle is approximately 4 crores.

Considering the way Noman Bashir conducted the press briefing, I’m surprised he was cleared to become an officer in the armed forces let alone the chief of the navy. What good service has he done for this country except for 3 attacks on navy buses, and 1 attack on Pakistan’s largest naval base? Does he still deserve to travel in exuberant luxury?

If justice had its way in Pakistan, he would’ve been discharged from service with dishonour.Recommend

Please read the article carefully it uses the words ‘ has proposed ‘ and ‘ is considering ‘.
Lets not delude ourselves into believing that something positive will come out of this.Recommend

@Uncle J: Brother my point was duty. If the ex-company price is 40million, the state purchases that for not more than 5million. But YES. You are absolutely correct about Noman Bashir being a legitimate person for having that car his ride. He does not deserve that at all. He should have been sacked!Recommend

@Uzair Javaid: dear bro the real comparision should be between the equivalent officers of Civil setup and military setup….politicians do not fall in the category of civil or armed forces servants…..politicians could be compared with other Constitutional figures like Judges of Supreme Court etc…. that would be a fair comparison…..law makers and public servants are differnt categories altogether…..and please by no means i am defending the current political setup as it is a very shameful set of representatives I am referring to what should be and not what is….Recommend

@Uzair Javaid,

The Naval chief came in a convoy of 3 cars not just one, he had with him a 7-series BMW, followed by a 5-series BMW followed by a Land Cruiser.

And needless to say even if they are exempted from tax, they are still causing a loss to this government by not paying the taxes and duties on the cars.Recommend

This reports has another side that in this current financial crisis of the Government its another chance for BABOOS (Bureaucrats) to get 40,000 to 70,000/- as conveyance allowance and pocket the same, even then they could not return the vehicles to the government and get the allowance in routine. All officers have atleast 4 to 5 vehicles which use by their families are relatives even they have driver for each vehicle.

Their perks in not jeopardy but taxpayers are in jeopardy.!

Its all about bureaucracy !Recommend

@Uzair Javaid:

Do All MNAs come from Gwader as quote ‘Traveling concession ( Rs.8 per km): Rs.48,000 (For a visit to Islamabad & return: 6000 km’.

is equal to that place only!Recommend

@Kazim:
I apologize to all for my typo. I thought the BMW was 0.8 crore and I missed the dot. Typing at night in old age can do that to us. But the idea was clear and most people got that and took it as humor and or typo.

The more important thing is in most countries of the world, the army officers do not rule the country, they serve it, hence called services. Most of us have no problems with the soldiers who are trying to make an honest living and not a part of the loot. It is the high officials and ISI who have made an empire within poor Pakistan.

In a country like US and the West, most doctors make a lot more money and have higher status and respect than say a colonel. A typical specialist doctor makes more money and enjoys higher status in society than a general in US army. Pakistani army and their families are like colonial power, not responsible to the bloody civilians. They have spread a culture of hate against civilians.

In the USA the house of representative and senate can call any general and grill him in public. No such thing as closed door discussions. The army officers are there to listen and act, not think or plan against the govt. A member of assembly is chosen by the people whose opinion is supreme in any country. We can always “not elect” an assembly member but not the rouge generals who have not done anything positive in the history of Pakistan. How many civilian govts no matter how bad they have been threw 60 judges with their families in detention? How many civilian govts. have surrendered half of the country and hid the reports? How many civilians have successfully committed multiple acts of high treason and captured power for decades? I can keep going but you get the point, I am sure.

USA had the worst president in G. Bush. But we the opponents had a hope that he would be there only for 4 years, if not he cannot be there for more than 8. We certainly got rid of him with patience for 8 years. Even though he did lot of damage to the country, but he was always Mr. President and nobody dared talk about overthrowing him or changing him. It is not an accident that America is so politically stable, rich and powerful!

Regards,Recommend

@Uzair Javaid:
For your kind information, Pak Navel Chief enjoys not ordinary but BMW 7series ‘Armored Vehicle’ and that costs around 7.6million!! Recommend

Kasim have you ever driven a BMW. they come in all price ranges. my borther in law and my sister inlaw each one one and do does my best friendThey are as low as $52,000 dollars to as much as $200,000. Pakistani military offiers get the loaded ones that are higher end. Add transportation, import duties, local sales tax etc, the most expansive BMW will cost around 4 crore Rupees in Pakistan.

THESE ARMY OFFICERS MAKE THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS IN CORRUPTION. Pakistani army and Pakistani army investments (askari and fauji, baharia foundations) are notoriously famous for overinvoicing projects, armaments, military jets, and other hardware.

Atleast a billion dollars per year is siphoned off in corruption.

Since bangladesh government made their army tootless, their economy is growing at twice the rate of Pakistan, eliminating (or reducing powerty) at a fast rate, Their spending on educatio nis twice that of Pakistan.

Stop defending our army. They created taliban, they destroyed wome’,s rights under Zia, that till now ate over $80 billion of Pakistanis hard earned money. If that money would have gone into infrastructure and education, Pakistan would have resembled Korea or Malaysia..Recommend