ABBOTTABAD: Speakers at a daylong dialogue on Friday said the newly-introduced Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act, 2013 was being effectively used as an anti-corruption tool. The Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) had organised the dialogue. Around 48 Continue reading Right to Information Act being used as anti-graft tool
ISLAMABAD: The year 2013 was tumultuous in many ways but it witnessed positive developments in terms of Right to Information (RTI) legislation in two provinces whereas the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) set an unprecedented example of transparency by displaying Continue reading NA, Presidency block information
ISLAMABAD: Although a robust Right to Information (RTI) law has been enforced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the provincial bureaucracy is still refusing to provide the requested information as only 18 percent requests sent to the government departments were responded to Continue reading KP bureaucrats thwart info rights law, refuse to respond
The Punjab and KP have enacted robust and progressive right to information laws which can be further improved before implementation. With the enactment of Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act 2013, all the provinces have put in legislative mechanisms Continue reading Secret no more
PESHAWAR: Coalition on Right to Information (CRTI) has demanded the federal government to immediately remove the constitutional anomaly so that FATA residents can exercise right to information held by federal public bodies operating in FATA. Similarly, CRTI also urged the Continue reading CRTI demands extension of RTI to FATA residents
It was expected that provincial right to information law, first promulgated as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Ordinance 2013 on August 17, 2013 and later turned into an Act of provincial assembly on October 31, 2013 will usher in a Continue reading KP’s right to information law fails to produce results yet
PESHAWAR: The Coalition on Right to Information (CRTI) has expressed reservations over the inclusion of a section about criminal offence in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Right to Information Act 2013. According to a press release issued by the CRTI on Friday, Continue reading Greater transparency : Civil society demands removal of offence section from RTI Act
LAHORE – Speakers at an interactive session on Monday pinpointed flaws in the recently introduced Transparency and Access to Information Ordinance 2013 and stressed the need for putting it before the public for debate. The speakers however appreciated the Punjab Continue reading Speakers pinpoint flaws in Information Ordinance
