ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani on Wednesday ruled that a Member of the Parliament and his family, that is, spouse, minor children and unmarried daughters of the Members residing with and wholly dependent on the Member shall be entitled for medical facilities.
In his ruling, the Chairman Senate said that the MPs were entitled to the same medical facilities as are admissible to a Gazetted Officer (Class-I) of the Central Government and the spouse and children of such Member under the Federal Services (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1990.
The Senate Secretariat placed a file before the Chairman Senate regarding entitlement of families of sitting and former Members of Senate to medical facilities and pointed out a disparity in the legal position and the opinion given by the Ministry of Law & Justice.
In his ruling Raza Rabbani said,"That the family of a Member has been defined in Item No. 4 of the Schedule to the Members of the National Assembly (Salaries and Allowances) Act, 1966. Therefore, under sub-section (i) of section (12) of the Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) Act, 1974, a Member and his family i.e. spouse, minor children and unmarried daughters of the Members residing with and wholly dependent on the Member shall be entitled to the same medical facilities as are admissible to a Gazetted Officer (Class-I) of the Central Government and the spouse and children of such Member under the Federal Services (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1990."
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