President Mamnoon Hussain has promulgated an order about salary of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Chief Justice of High Court and judges of Supreme Court and High Courts. Following is text of the order issued by Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights here on Thursday.
"AN ORDER
WHEREAS the first paragraph of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan relating to the Supreme Court and High Courts provides that such higher salary other than that specified in the said paragraph shall be paid to a Judge of the Supreme Court or a High Court as the President may from time to time determine;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by the aforesaid paragraph, the President is pleased to make that following Order:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Order may be called the Salary of Judges of Superior Courts Order, 2015.
(2) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on and from the first day of July 2014.
2. Salary - (1) The salary to be paid per mensem to the Chief Justice of Pakistan shall be Rs. 650,816/- and that to be paid to every other Judge of the Supreme Court shall be Rs. 614,798/-.
(2) The salary to be paid per mensem to the Chief Justice of a High Court shall be Rs. 603,196/- and that to be paid to every other Judge of a High Court shall be Rs. 579,997/-.3. Repeal.- The Salary of Judge of Superior Courts Order, 2013 (P.O. No. 6 of 2013), is hereby repealed."
Meanwhile, the President also promulgated an order to amend the Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges), Order, 1997. Following is the text of President's order issued by Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights here on Thursday:
"PRESIDENT'S ORDER NO. 3 OF 2015 AN ORDER further to amend the Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges), Order, 1997 WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) Order, 1997 (P.O. No. 2 of 1997), for the purposes hereinafter appearing; NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President is pleased to make the following Order:-
1 Short title and commencement.- (1) This Order may be called the Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) (Amendment) Order, 2015.
(2) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on and from the first day of July, 2014.
2. Amendment of paragraph 22, P.O.No.2 of 1997.- In the said Order, in paragraph 22, for the words 'two hundred fifty nine thousand nine,' the words 'two hundred eighty four thousand nine hundred ten' shall be substituted."