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
PESHAWAR: The much trumpeted Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Right to Information (RTI) law, 2013 still has a bumpy way to go before it makes it into the statutory book. After the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf drafted the law, it was promulgated as a governor’s Continue reading Soon to expire, PTI’s RTI law being wrung through rumour mill
ISLAMABAD: Sindh government does not maintain logbooks of official vehicles in the field throughout the province, discloses a deputy commissioner in his official response, a revelation that coincides with a recent study showing 70 percent vehicles being used by family Continue reading No logbooks of thousands of official cars in Sindh helping criminals
