KARACHI: In order to come out of the state of flux with regard to cyber security initiatives in Pakistan, the state needs to look for an ‘imperative policy’ and try not to shoot the messenger by listening to the counter discussion taking place at present, said Barrister Zahid Jamil while speaking at the Pakistan Institute […]
ISLAMABAD – A prominent advocate of Right to Information (RTI) law yesterday complained that provinces of Punjab and Balochistan were not cooperating in sharing information of vital public importance. Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT), an independent think tank focusing on democracy, governance and public policy said that the two provinces had been […]
Karachi Despites its inherent flaws, the provincial right to information law — if used — has the potential to empower citizens to a much higher degree and help improve on the current transparency and accountability levels in governance and all other related matters. The reason this law could bring about a possible change is that […]
ABBOTTABAD: The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has issued a show- cause notice to the University of Haripur administration over the failure to provide documents under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (RTI) Act 2013 This show-cause was issued for inability of the university’s administration to produce the relevant documents related to the selection boards and some administrative responsibilities […]
LAHORE – Concealment of public feedback regarding delivery of services has been declared a crime in Punjab and the offenders will be dealt with accordingly under the relevant laws. A high level meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Secretary Khizarhayat Gondal last week decided that the practice of concealing information by government officials about citizens’ feedback […]
The much celebrated vibrancy in our media needs a bit of a pause and urgently too for a self-obligatory introspection to see how we are doing on the credibility and integrity aspects—the most essential media characteristics—and self-correct lapses that may have appeared as side-effects that go hand-in-hand when the much needed sense of responsibility gets […]
ISLAMABAD: The much touted Right to Information (RTI) law in Punjab is becoming a toothless piece of legislation as the top government officials are disregarding the orders of Punjab Information Commission by continuously blocking public access to information. Almost 50 days have passed since the commission unanimously ordered the Governor House officials to share information […]
LAHORE: Chief Information Officer Mazhar Hussain Minhas said on Wednesday that it seemed that the provincial government did not want the commission to do its work. He was speaking at a seminar held on the commission’s annual performance report. The commission was established in March 2014 – a year after the passage of the Punjab […]
KARACHI: The Coalition on Transparency and Access to Information (C-TAI) criticised the information ministry’s draft for the Right to Information (RTI) bill, claiming that it is a similar version of the old Sindh Freedom of Information (FOI) Law of 2006 and the RTI Act of 2013 of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Shehri – Citizens For a Better […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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