The Azad Jammu and Kashmir High Court’s Mirpur Circuit has accepted a writ petition demanding the enforcement of the Right to Information in Azad Kashmir. Justice Sardar Ejaz Khan, presiding over the case, admitted the petition for regular hearing. Notices have been issued to the respondents, including the government of AJ&K, Chief Secretary, Minister of […]
Dara Adam Khel: Addressing a seminar on the ‘Right to Information Act (RTI) 2013’ at FATA University, Syed Saadat Jahan, Assistant Director of Communication at KP Information Commission (KPIC), emphasized the transformative power of the RTI law in integrating erstwhile FATA/Newly Merged Districts (NMDs) into the legal and governance structures of Pakistan. The RTI Act […]
PESHAWAR: Right to Information (RTI) can empower citizens to attain basic human rights, said speakers at a day-long seminar in Tank on Thursday.The seminar was aimed at training the village council secretaries as RTI ambassadors in their domains to educate citizens on RTI as their basic human right.Syed Saadat Jahan, assistant director, communication, was the […]
Peshawar – Right to Information Act (RTI) is a powerful tool to fight against corruption and an effective means to promote democratic ideology. It makes the government system accountable to the public. These observations were made by Syed Saadat Jahan, Assistant Director of Communication, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Commission (KPIC) while speaking in a seminar held […]
Article 19A, access to information and empowered citizens are hugely overused and under-implemented expressions in Pakistan. Numerous Information Commissions, set up to facilitate ordinary citizens in gaining access to information, are frequently failing to see the forest for the trees, and remain insistent on running modern data and knowledge-based organisations by the 18th century colonial […]
The Punjab Information Commission has directed the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) of Multan to provide copies of complaints and closed inquiries to the applicant, Shakeel Baloch, considering the documents as public information. Initially, ACE Multan had refused to provide the requested information, citing potential harm to the prevention or detection of crime, the apprehension or prosecution […]
ISLAMABAD – President of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Afzal Butt said that all journalists across the country and abroad are standing with Rana Abrar Khalid. Addressing a press conference at Islamabad Press Club the other day, PFUJ chief paid rich tributes to the wellknown seasoned journalist Rana Abrar Khalid. He said that […]
ISLAMABAD – President of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Afzal Butt said that all journalists across the country and abroad are standing with Rana Abrar Khalid. Addressing a press conference at Islamabad Press Club the other day, PFUJ chief paid rich tributes to the wellknown seasoned journalist Rana Abrar Khalid. He said that Rana […]
HARIPUR: The Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) and Individual Land (IL) organized a two-day training for journalists here on effective use of the Right to Information (RTI) law for investigative journalists, countering fake news, importance of local governments, gender-sensitive reporting and reporting about marginalized groups of the community. The training was facilitated by […]
SAHIWAL: Lawmakers are often at the forefront of advocating for transparency in governance, but when it comes to their own affairs, they are often hesitant to reveal information, even under right to information laws. A recent development in the Punjab Assembly raises questions about the assembly’s commitment to transparency and accountability, as well as its […]
Right to information, guaranteed by the Constitution and enacted in RTI Acts of each province has been a great blessing for Pakistan. The law has been hugely beneficial and has provided numerous excellent decisions on accountably of the public sector organisations. The law is essentially simple. Except for the few categories already specified in the […]
ISLAMABAD, Apr 7 (APP):Minister of State for Law and Justice Shahadat Awan on Friday informed the Senate that Pakistan Information Commission (PIC) had disposed of 1300 appeals, out of the total 2900 appeals while 1600 appeals were still pending. Replying to a query during Question Hour, he said the Chief Information Commissioner and the Information […]
SAHIWAL: The administration of elite clubs in Pakistan is facing criticism for refusing to provide basic information to the public under the Right to Information laws. The Sahiwal Club, in particular, has sparked controversy by claiming that filing information requests is a punishable offense and has also challenged the jurisdiction of the Punjab Information Commission. […]
Sahiwal, Punjab: As part of compliance with the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act, 2013, nearly 80% of provincial departments in Punjab have included a dedicated category of Right to Information on their websites. Out of 43 provincial public bodies in Punjab, 33 have included the RTI category on their websites, which provides basic […]
” 
” 
” 
