• April 10, 2023
• Right to Information

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 […]

• April 7, 2023
• Right to Information

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 […]

• April 7, 2023
• Right to Information

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 […]

• April 7, 2023
• Right to Information

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 […]

• April 4, 2023
• Right to 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. […]

• April 4, 2023
• Right to Information

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 […]

• March 28, 2023
• Right to Information, Views and Opinion

AFTER years of litigation, redrafts and deliberations with the relevant stakeholders and bureaucracy, Punjab finally enacted the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Act in December 2022. This did not come easy, though. In 2017, my friend (advocate Ali Chughtai) and I reunited at a well-known eatery in Lahore. The experience would have been great, but […]

• March 25, 2023
• Right to Information

LAHORE: Justice Asim Hafeez of the Lahore High Court has ordered the government to make the complete record of Toshakhana from 1990 to 2001 public, despite opposition from the government. The high court has directed the authorities to release all the records, including the name of the friendly country who gifted the items, saying nothing […]

• March 2, 2023
• Right to Information

Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Information Commission is currently facing a backlog of 1,500 appeals, and the pendency is increasing with each passing day. The Commission has requested the KP government to make key amendments in the KP RTI law, but the file containing the proposed amendments has gone missing. The amendments are related to […]

• February 21, 2023
• Right to Information

KARACHI: Chief Information Commissioner of the Pakistan Information Commission Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui has underlined the need for awareness regarding the law of right to information (RTI). Delivering an awareness lecture organised by the Karachi Press Club on its premises, he said that easy access to the information in citizens’ life largely contributed to good governance. […]

• February 17, 2023
• Right to Information

Sahiwal: The Punjab government has reversed its earlier decision to remove members of the Punjab Information Commission, according to a new notification issued on Thursday. This came after the Information and Culture Department of Punjab issued a controversial notification on February 13, which removed the Chief Information Commissioner, Mahboob Qadir Shah, and Information Commissioner, Dr. […]

• February 4, 2023
• Access to Information, Right to Information

ISLAMABAD   –     Rights activists have criticised proposed amendments to the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017 that has been moved yet again as a private member’s bill in the Senate which elapsed a couple of times earlier. They say the amendment would limit the scope of the right to information law by excluding […]

• February 3, 2023
• Access to Information, Right to Information

The Pakistan Information Commission (PIC) on Wednesday held 21 hearings pertaining to the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 and issued a show-cause notice to Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) for not responding to the information request of the appellant and the notices of the Commission. While chairing the proceedings of the Commission, Chief Information […]

• February 1, 2023
• Access to Information, Right to Information

Despite being a law that can serve journalists in their investigative work and being a right of all citizens, there remains a lack of awareness and implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) law in Pakistan. In an effort to increase an understanding of the use of the RTI law, Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) organized […]