Constitution 1973 § Article 250 — Salaries, allowances, etc

Statutory text (English)

, of the President, etc. —

(1) Within two years from the
commencing day, provision shall be made by law for determining the salaries, allowances and
privileges of the President, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker and a member of the National Assembly
or a Provincial Assembly, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman and a member of the Senate, the Prime
Minister, a Federal Minister, a Minister of State, 1[* *] a Chief Minister, a Provincial Minister and the
Chief Election Commissioner.

(2) Until other provision is made by law,—
(a) the salaries, allowances and privileges of the President, the Speaker or Deputy
Speaker or a member of the National Assembly or a Provincial Assembly, a
Federal Minister, a Minister of State, 1[* * ] a Chief Minister, a Provincial
Minister and the Chief Election Commissioner shall be same as the salaries,
allowances and privileges to which the President, the Speaker or Deputy
Speaker or member of the National Assembly of Pakistan or a Provincial
Assembly, a Federal Minister, a Minister of State, 1[* *] a Chief Minister, a
Provincial Minister or, as the case may be, the Chief Election Commissioner
was entitled immediately before the commencing day; and
(b) the salaries, allowances and privileges of the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman,
the Prime Minister and a member of the Senate shall be such as the President
may by Order determine.

(3) The salary, allowances and privileges of a person holding office as—
(a) the President;
(b) the Chairman or Deputy Chairman;
(c) the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly or a Provincial
Assembly;
(d) a Governor;
(e) the Chief Election Commissioner; or
(f) the Auditor-General;
shall not be varied to his disadvantage during his term of office.

(4) At any time when the Chairman or Speaker is acting as President, he shall be entitled to the
same salary, allowances and privileges as a President but shall not exercise any of the functions of the
office of Chairman or Speaker or a member of 1[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] or be entitled to salary,
allowances or privileges as Chairman, Speaker or such a member.

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 250: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 127, 128, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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