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Daily Archives: February 19, 2021

Private members’ Bill on RTI

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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 […]


TIP raises objections to RTI Amendment Bill 2021

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Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) has received a complaint pertaining to the moving of a private bill “Right of Access to Information (Amendment Act 2021)” by some Senators with the objective to exclude Parliament from the definition of public bodies, which are bound to provide information to citizens, before the Senate. According to the TIP, the […]


Journalist kidnapped, tortured in Charsadda

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CHARSADDA: A group of armed men on Thursday allegedly kidnapped a journalist from a busy bazaar in a broad daylight subjected him to torture, dragged him to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) office, humiliated him there and video filmed the criminal act. The accused, identified as Abdullah, Iftikhar, Faheem, sons of Zaidullah, Saadat and Sher […]