Access To Information Act Pakistan

In KP: Who needs a Right to Information Act if it prevents access to information?

In February 2015, Peshawar journalist Aziz Buneri submitted a request to the KP's Right to Information Commission (RTIC) to access information on budget expenditure in Rescue 1122...

Under the Right to Information Act (RTI) Act, which was passed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly in October 2013 to better facilitate citizens’ access to public documents and records, Buneri should have received the relevant data within 20 days of...

Federal information commission to ensure implementation of Right to Information Act: Chaudhry

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday formally notified the Federal Information Commission with an aim to expedite the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act across the country...

Speaking to the media in Islamabad, Chaudhry said that if departments failed to provide information sought from them under the law, citizens can approach the commission, which will ensure that the requested data is released within a...

Senate passes ‘historic’ Right of Access to Information Bill

ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously passed on Tuesday the much-demanded access to information bill, which grants citizens complete access to the record of public authorities...

However, under the ‘Right of Access to Information Bill 2017’ there will be no access to the official record of armed forces, defence installations, details of individuals’ bank accounts, defence and national security...

Senators say ‘certain institutions’ continue to place hurdles in access to information

ISLAMABAD: Admitting that certain institutions in the country lacked transparency and accountability, former information minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Senator Pervaiz Rashid said there were “some institutions” in the country which placed hurdles in access to information...

While speaking at a ceremony organised by the Coalition on the Right to Information at the National Press Club here on Thursday, Mr Rashid regretted...

Access to information

APROPOS the news report in Dawn Metro section “Access to information is our right, say experts” (Aug 9)...

Gardezi as saying: “Ironically, it was under a military dictatorship that Pakistan saw the Freedom of Information (FOI) Ordinance being promulgated in 2002 by General Pervez Musharraf...

Access to information is our right, say experts

Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment (Shehri) aims to bridge this gap and so organised a capacity building session on Saturday geared towards increasing awareness of the Right to Information (RTI), which is the cornerstone of all other laws that provide protection to citizens...

Article 19A of the Constitution, which provides the right to access information ‘in all matters of public importance’, with a few exceptions, has...

FBR notifies rules to access account holders’ information

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Monday notified rules for seeking information from banks about account holders’ deposits, credit card payments and cash withdrawals...

Through SRO773 it is now compulsory for banks to provide information of profit on debt and particulars of account holders...

Facebook says it will act against 'information operations' using false accounts

Facebook Inc acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries and outlined new measures it is taking to combat what it calls "information operations" that go well beyond the phenomenon known as fake news...

In a report and summary of response plans on its website on Thursday, Facebook describes well-funded and subtle efforts by nations and other...

KP’s Right to Information Act

It says, “Government working is no more secret” and “access to official information your constitutional and legal right”...

Last October I applied to the Galiyat Development Authority, requesting information regarding encroachments in the Galiyat, commercial or non-conforming use or use as guest houses of residential houses and data of conversion from residential to commercial use...

Right to information act challenged

LAHORE: A lawyer has challenged the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act 2013 before the Lahore High Court for violating the Constitution...

Advocate Azhar Siddique stated in his petition that the impugned law is a hurdle in the way of access to information...

Govt to act against 'propaganda campaign' targeting PM, his family: information minister

State Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday said that action will be taken under cybercrime and defamation laws against those carrying out 'negative propaganda' against the prime minister and his family...

The government has, thereby, decided to act against anyone carrying out propaganda against the prime minister and his family over social media, she announced...

Right to information act in Punjab soon: minister

RAWALPINDI: Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan on Saturday said that right to information act will soon be promulgated in Punjab to facilitate mediapersons in getting the required information from all relevant quarters...

Replying to a question the information minister agreed with a proposal to nominate focal media persons in provincial government departments for timely confirmation of a news item and elaboration of...

Parliamentarians urged to reject ‘regressive’ amendment to information act

ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) has written letters to speaker of the National Assembly, chairmen of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and other senators, urging them to play a positive role in ensuring that the regressive amendment in the Right of Access to Information (RAI) Act 2017 be rejected and that the act is further strengthened to facilitate easy access of citizens to maximum...

Right to Information Act: Request for Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium income, expenses turned down

The declaration came in response to a request made under the Right to Information Act, wherein a citizen sought information regarding the income and expenditure from private and public events, cricket matches and rent of shops in the stadium...

Additional Deputy Commissioner Kashif Awan, representing the Deputy Commissioner, submitted a written reply to the Punjab Information Commission (PIC), stating that the Iqbal Stadium fell...

Senate passes Army Act amendment bill proposing up to 5 years in jail for disclosing sensitive information

The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to amend the Pakistan Army Act 1952 which proposes up to five years in jail for anyone who discloses sensitive information pertaining to the security of the country or the Pakistan Army...

The bill, titled “Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act, 2023”, was moved by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif...