LAHORE: Members of the civil society on Friday demanded that the Punjab government implement Right to Information Law in Punjab immediately They made this demand at a rally and press conference at the Lahore Press Club The conference was organised Continue reading Civil society demands Punjab govt implement Right to Information Law
Now that provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab have put in place right to information laws in the shape of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Ordinance 2013 and ‘Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Ordinance 2013, misgivings, misconceptions and confusion Continue reading Misconceptions about Right to Information Laws
There is a long negative list (borrowing an analogy from Pak-India trade) and a small positive list of the information one can apply for. The draft law does not contain any definition of information and more energy has been spent Continue reading ISLAMABAD: As the Senate Committee’s draft bill on the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2013 has come under sharp criticism, RTI activists have declared it in contravention of the Constitution.
June 12, 2013—The question of how to ensure public access to government information without jeopardizing legitimate efforts to protect people from national security threats is the focus of a new set of global principles being unveiled today. The new Tshwane Continue reading New Principles Address the Balance Between National Security And the Right to Information
Islamabad (May 18, 2013): IRADA (Institute for Research, Advocacy and Development) is concerned over maligning campaigns against civil society organizations, particularly the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on their stance about anomalies in the results of election 2013, and Continue reading IRADA Demands Disclosure of 70,000 FORM XIV – Result of Count at Polling Station – by the ECP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has promised that the first legislation to be passed by the next Punjab Assembly will be the Right to Information law if the PML-N came into power, rekindling a hope for the media Continue reading Shahbaz promises right to information law as first priority
PESHAWAR – The Coalition on Right to Information (CRTI), an 18-member amalgamation of civil society organisations, issued a declaration on Wednesday calling upon all the political parties to include legislation on right to information in their respective manifestos. During a Continue reading CRTI seeks parties’ pledge to make required law
LAHORE, Jan 31: Participants in a conference on the right to information on Thursday regretted though tenure of the Punjab government was about to end, it could only prepare draft of the law that was supposed to bring transparency in Continue reading Freedom of information: Activists seek changes to draft law
