PPP, PTI to oppose bill seeking raise in salaries of parliamentarians.

ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have said that they will oppose the bill seeking a raise in the salaries of lawmakers.

PTI Senator Faisal Javed said that senators from his party will oppose the bill as Prime Minister Imran Khan has instructed them to not spend extravagantly from the national kitty.

The senator shared that the prime minister and his party are focused on providing relief to the masses, especially the poor. He added that the representatives of the people should follow PM Imran's example who initiated austerity from himself.

Meanwhile, PPP's parliamentary leader in the Senate, Sherry Rehman also announced her party's decision to oppose the bill.

'We will not support the bill on the salary increase for parliamentarians,' Rehman tweeted on Saturday.

The PPP leader said that it was a time of 'great economic crisis' for the country and it was not the right time for lawmakers 'to start matching their salaries with the region and others.'

'Public money needs to be spent on public relief right now,' said Rehman.

A copy of the bill, which the Senate Secretariat has already referred to the...