• April 10, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) are deeply concerned about the proposed amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code 1898, by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior, which has recommended that persons who ‘disrespect’ or ‘intentionally ridicule’ the […]

• April 7, 2021
• Right to Information

LAHORE: The Punjab Information Commission (PIC) has imposed Rs 25, 000 fine on DIG Crimes Jawad Ahmad Dogar for not providing information to an applicant under the Right to Information (RTI) Act about the official residences, vehicles and police force provided to the retired IGs, DIGs and other senior officers during the past five years. […]

• April 6, 2021
• Right to Information

LAHORE: With a view to ensure effective implementation of the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act in all government institutions, the Punjab government has set up a committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary Punjab Irum Bukhari. The meeting of this committee held here to review the steps taken to improve the work of public […]

• March 30, 2021
• Right to Information

LAHORE: Additional Chief Secretary Punjab Irum Bukhari has said that access to public information is a basic right of the every citizen and decisions taken for this purpose should be implemented on the emergency basis. She said this while chairing a meeting of the Provincial Implementation Committee under the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information […]

• March 23, 2021
• Right to Information

LAHORE: The social audit report, carried out by the Punjab Information Commission to assess the implementation of the Right to Information Act 2013, has revealed that no provincial department implemented the Act 100 per cent during the past year. According to the documents available with this reporter, the social audit of 200 government departments was […]

• March 10, 2021
• Right to Information

PESHAWAR: A meeting of the Standing Committee on KP Information and Public Relations Department was chaired by Member Provincial Assembly Samar Haroon Bilour the at the KP Assembly Secretariat on Tuesday where the lawmakers received a briefing on the performance of the Right To Information (RTI) Commission performance. It was attended by MPAs Tufail Anjum, […]

• March 9, 2021
• Right to Information

ISLAMABAD: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Monday suggested to the Supreme Court to live stream its proceedings to full public view when no secrets were involved and let common people from across the country have easy access to justice. “Instead of being an ostrich which buries its head in sand, let us regulate ourselves […]

• February 19, 2021
• Right to Information

Vice Chairperson Transparency International-Pakistan (TI-P) former Justice Nasira Iqbal has responded to a complaint received by the watchdog platform regarding a private Senate members’ Bill on the Right to Information (RTI) law, which is meant to exclude parliament from the definition of public bodies, by writing a letter to Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani urging him […]

• September 29, 2018
• Access to Information

ISLAMABAD: The Coalition on Right to Information conferred RTI Champions Awards 2018 during a ceremony here. Senator Farhatullah Babar was chief guest at the ceremony. The awards were conferred on Riaz Khan Daudzai and Zohaib Hassan in the Journalist, citizen and best performing PIO categories, respectively. The News International

• November 21, 2015
• Access to Information

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Information Commission has complained that non-serious attitude of public bodies is impeding the implementation of Right to Information (RTI) law in the province, urging the provincial government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz to take cognisance of the issue. In its first annual report for 2014-15, the commission, which is tasked to promote free […]

• November 6, 2015
• Access to Information

KARACHI: Appreciating the status of the Right to Information (RTI) law in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), the Pakistan Muslim League – Functional (PML-F) MPA Mahtab Akbar Rashdi said that the bill in Sindh is a ray of hope and no one should be exempt from it. She was speaking at a briefing organised by the […]

• November 6, 2015
• Access to Information

ISLAMABAD: Investigative journalist of The News, Waseem Abbasi has won the annual RTI (Right To Information) Champion Award for his work on health and education issues based on certified information obtained through right to information laws of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The award was presented by PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar at a ceremony organised […]

• November 5, 2015
• Access to Information

ISLAMABAD: Despite passage of almost one-and-a-half years and various assurances on different public forums including the parliament, the government still has no intention to present the Right to Information (RTI) Bill before the cabinet for its approval. The draft law of RTI was approved by the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on July […]

• October 14, 2015
• Access to Information

LAHORE: Despite opposition from several elements, the Right to Information Act is there to stay in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, KP Information Commissioner Abdul Matin Khan said on Tuesday. He was addressing a seminar titled: State of Right to Information in Pakistan organised by Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT). “The law is a bitter […]