LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has just released information regarding the monthly salary of the LHC chief justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah.
According to an LHC press release issued here, LHC Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah draws Rs 1,050,538 as monthly salary. The salary included Rs 713,280 basic pay, Rs 269,525 judicial allowance and Rs 67,733 medical allowance.
Welcome move by CJ LHC to make pay/perks public.Recognition that accountability begins at the top.Others must follow https://t.co/KSIDsbU2t8
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 25, 2017
The press release says that since the chief justice is residing in official residency, therefore, he did not draw Rs 65,000 monthly house rent, it added.
The information was released by the court in response to the Punjab Information Commission’s query. The move was appreciated by Imran Khan in a tweet.