MPs, don’t cry over pay, curb wasteful spending

By Ilyas Khan

The scene of the recent protest and the exhibitions of live pigs by civil society activists outside Parliament building against the demands by the recently elected members of Parliament for increased pay had almost an Orwellian feel to it. It certainly brought to ones’ mind the famous catchphrase in George Orwell’s book - The Animal Farm of “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”