Shehri | Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)

Pakistan Press Foundation

‘Despite flaws, Sindh FOI ‘Despite flaws, Sindh FOI law can still empower citizens’law can still empower citizens’

Pakistan Press Foundation

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 […]


Informed citizenry: ‘Learn to use your right to information to better Pakistan’

Pakistan Press Foundation

KARACHI: For a nation to progress, what is most important is accountability – something that is impossible to achieve in the absence of information. For, without accountability, a country cannot hope to develop its state infrastructure. The Sindh Freedom of Information Act, 2006, provides citizens with the opportunity to question and hold accountable bureaucrats and […]


Right to information

Pakistan Press Foundation

RECENTLY, I attended a workshop organised by Shehri, a Karachi-based NGO. The workshop was about the ‘Right to Information and Freedom of Information’ . We were informed that a common citizen is empowered to access all information held by the government (except for the sensitive one) through Article 19A of the Constitution of Pakistan. The […]