Even the MPAs are mentioned as public
office-holders (in the proposed commission) showing the intention of the government,' PML-N lawmaker Azma Bokhari told Dawn on Tuesday.
Briefing media persons after the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb said the revision of basic pays of MPs and public
office-holders had been pending for over a decade.
Over the years top Republican
office-holders have been asked to speak at NRB meetings, but President Bill Clinton was denied an invitation during the 1990s.
He does so by suggesting that the verdict he has proposed -- that the neediest take precedence over the nearest and dearest -- is a verdict that transfers to the public sphere: "...other things being equal, voters, legislators, presidents, and other
office-holders should follow the same standard for private individuals.
The curia tended to oppose both martyrs and charismatic
office-holders and to favor clerical penitents, but the model purveyed to the laity was of a monasticized (not an inner-worldly) spirituality.
Senior party sources say Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is determined to "promote conduct and behaviour among
office-holders and candidates over and above that required by the law".
From perhaps 5,000 in 1515, the ranks of
office-holders had expanded to 25,000 by 1610, 46,000 by 1665, and were perhaps 70,000 by the eve of the Revolution.
Current and future
office-holders as well could learn from vicarious--which is to say historical--experience.
Criticising PM Khan, Ms Aurangzeb said here on Friday public
office-holders and their families could not benefit from the PML-N tax amnesty scheme.
* Over the years, several Christian Coalition staffers have left the group to work for Republican
office-holders, further underscoring the close ties between the organization and the party.
The commissioner, in addition, said that the Federal Government could also save the country from violence associated with election by conducting such referendum in states where such performing
office-holders were sighted, including Lagos,