IT is galling that, even in these times of economic distress, when hardship has pushed millions of ordinary Pakistanis close to or below the poverty line, the decision-makers seem to have made their own prosperity a top priority. Take, for example, the recent five-fold increase in the salaries of the Senate chairman and National Assembly Speaker, which comes with an additional 50pc sumptuary allowance, as well as the 188pc increase in the salaries and allowances of cabinet ministers and elected representatives made earlier this year. The former decision has drawn bipartisan criticism in recent days, but can........

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