The Fox News TV (USA) asked the Iranian President Ahmedi Nijad;<br />
<br />
<b>"When you look into the mirror in the morning what do you say to yourself"?</b><br />
<br />
<b>He answered: I see the person in the mirror and tell him "Remember"<br />
you are no more than a small servant, ahead of you today is the heavy<br />
responsibility, and that is to serve the Iranian nation".</b><br />
<br />
Ahmedi Nijad, the Iranian President who astonished many when he first reached to the office of the Presidency by donating all the high valued Iranian carpets to one of the mosques in Tehran by replacing them with the low cost ordinary carpets.<br />
<br />
He observed that there was a huge extravagant lounge for receiving and welcoming the VIPs and he ordered it to be closed and asked the protocol office to arrange for an ordinary room only with the wooden chairs. On many instances he joins the cleaning staff of the municipality for cleaning the streets in the area where his home and the Presidency are located.<br />
<br />
First of all he declared himself for all the "Big" wealth and the property he owned was a Peugeot 504 car, model 1977, an old small house inherited from his father 40-years ago in one of the poorest zones in Tehran. His accounts with a zero balance and the only money comes in to his a/c was from his salary from the university as a lecturer with an amount of US$ 250 only.<br />
<br />
The President still lives in that same house. This is all what he owns; the president of one of the world's important countries; strategically, economically, politically and with regard to its oil and defence.<br />
<br />
The Iranian president is sleeping in the guest room of his house after getting away from his special guards who follow him wherever he goes and photo is taken by his small brother according to the Wifaq Newspaper which published this photo and the next day the photo was published in most of the world's newspapers and magazines and particularly the Americans.<br />
<br />
<b>Following are the inducements for Ministers in Pakistan:</b><br />
<br />
Salary & Govt.concessions for a Member of NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (MNA):<br />
<br />
Monthly Salary: Rs.120,000 to 200,000<br />
<br />
Expense for Constitution per month: Rs.100,000<br />
<br />
Office expenditure per month: Rs.140,000<br />
<br />
Travelling concession (Rs.8 per km): Rs.48,000 (For a visit to Islamabad &<br />
<br />
return: 6000 km)<br />
<br />
Daily BETA during Assembly meets: Rs.500<br />
<br />
Charges for 1 class (A/C) in train: Free (For any number of times & All<br />
<br />
Over PAKISTAN)<br />
<br />
Charges for Business Class in flights: Free for 40 trips / year (With wife<br />
<br />
or P.A.)<br />
<br />
Rent for Govt. hostel any where: Free Electricity costs at home:<br />
<br />
Free up to 50,000 units<br />
<br />
Local phone call charges: Free up to 170,000 calls.<br />
<br />
TOTAL expense for a MNA per year: Rs. 32,000,000 (approx.)<br />
<br />
TOTAL expense for 5 years: Rs.160,000,000<br />
<br />
<br />
Think of the Great Democracy we have & Great Politicians we are..........<br />
<br />
The following question often hammers my mind, in a population of 15 Crores we even doesn鎶
<br />
<b>"When you look into the mirror in the morning what do you say to yourself"?</b><br />
<br />
<b>He answered: I see the person in the mirror and tell him "Remember"<br />
you are no more than a small servant, ahead of you today is the heavy<br />
responsibility, and that is to serve the Iranian nation".</b><br />
<br />
Ahmedi Nijad, the Iranian President who astonished many when he first reached to the office of the Presidency by donating all the high valued Iranian carpets to one of the mosques in Tehran by replacing them with the low cost ordinary carpets.<br />
<br />
He observed that there was a huge extravagant lounge for receiving and welcoming the VIPs and he ordered it to be closed and asked the protocol office to arrange for an ordinary room only with the wooden chairs. On many instances he joins the cleaning staff of the municipality for cleaning the streets in the area where his home and the Presidency are located.<br />
<br />
First of all he declared himself for all the "Big" wealth and the property he owned was a Peugeot 504 car, model 1977, an old small house inherited from his father 40-years ago in one of the poorest zones in Tehran. His accounts with a zero balance and the only money comes in to his a/c was from his salary from the university as a lecturer with an amount of US$ 250 only.<br />
<br />
The President still lives in that same house. This is all what he owns; the president of one of the world's important countries; strategically, economically, politically and with regard to its oil and defence.<br />
<br />
The Iranian president is sleeping in the guest room of his house after getting away from his special guards who follow him wherever he goes and photo is taken by his small brother according to the Wifaq Newspaper which published this photo and the next day the photo was published in most of the world's newspapers and magazines and particularly the Americans.<br />
<br />
<b>Following are the inducements for Ministers in Pakistan:</b><br />
<br />
Salary & Govt.concessions for a Member of NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (MNA):<br />
<br />
Monthly Salary: Rs.120,000 to 200,000<br />
<br />
Expense for Constitution per month: Rs.100,000<br />
<br />
Office expenditure per month: Rs.140,000<br />
<br />
Travelling concession (Rs.8 per km): Rs.48,000 (For a visit to Islamabad &<br />
<br />
return: 6000 km)<br />
<br />
Daily BETA during Assembly meets: Rs.500<br />
<br />
Charges for 1 class (A/C) in train: Free (For any number of times & All<br />
<br />
Over PAKISTAN)<br />
<br />
Charges for Business Class in flights: Free for 40 trips / year (With wife<br />
<br />
or P.A.)<br />
<br />
Rent for Govt. hostel any where: Free Electricity costs at home:<br />
<br />
Free up to 50,000 units<br />
<br />
Local phone call charges: Free up to 170,000 calls.<br />
<br />
TOTAL expense for a MNA per year: Rs. 32,000,000 (approx.)<br />
<br />
TOTAL expense for 5 years: Rs.160,000,000<br />
<br />
<br />
Think of the Great Democracy we have & Great Politicians we are..........<br />
<br />
The following question often hammers my mind, in a population of 15 Crores we even doesn鎶