The customary reminder for such adventures is a must here as well: Know your group, guide, route, climate, your limit and, above all, plan for the trip...
I met my group on a Saturday morning – Scott, Mike, Will and Colin...
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...
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...
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to PM on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz said Monday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had told his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during their meeting in Ufa, Russia that more information is required to conclude the Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi trial — the alleged mastermind 26/11 Mumbai attacks...
Speaking to media representatives in the federal capital, Sartaj said that the reference to 'additional...
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday told the National Assembly that Pakistan will sign an agreement with Switzerland on exchange of information regarding bank accounts on March 21...
"The Swiss government offered to sign such an agreement with Pakistan in the third quarter of the current month that will enable us to exchange information on tax-evaded money," Dar said in a policy statement...
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed has accused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of being lenient towards Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan...
Addressing a press conference at the Press Information Department on Tuesday, he criticised the ECP’s recent decisions and termed the commission biased against the PML-N...
Julian Assange, the editor of Wikileaks, confirmed on Wednesday that his group was approached by Cambridge Analytica, a data firm working for Donald Trump's campaign during the 2016 election...
Assange told the Associated Press that Wikileaks had received a “request for information” from Cambridge Analytica...
Geeta, who had been stranded in Pakistan for years after wandering across the border as an 11-year-old, returned to India in October, 2015 with the help of Edhi Foundation, which had adopted and raised the girl since until she was 23...
Geeta was found wandering near the India border in Lahore in 2002 and was taken by soldiers of Pakistan Rangers...
Syed Ali Raza, a Sectarian Terrorists Intelligence Group (STIG) official, has been removed from service for allegedly sharing sensitive information with terrorists while holding an important office, said a notice from the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Sindh...
Raza was accused of sharing confidential information by a political party worker Umair Hassan Siddiqui, who was arrested from Muttahida Qaumi Movement headquarters Nine...
Infant and child malnutrition and stunting rates are worryingly high in Pakistan...
The trends in nutrition, stunting and child deaths are even more worrying given that our numbers, across sources, are showing that poverty rates have been declining in Pakistan for the last couple of decades or so...
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...
LIMA: What was supposed to be a stress-free meeting of the International Olympic Committee turned into something quite different Monday, when IOC president Thomas Bach was forced to spend nearly an hour defending the handling of a mushrooming bid scandal and insisting the IOC is doing its best to fight corruption...
Bach was on defence throughout a news conference held after a meeting of the IOC executive board, which earlier in the day...
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...
"Leaked information, Akhtar said, is usually limited to names of companies and individuals and cannot be considered evidence in a court of law because the information revealed is not certified...
Once that information is acquired, inquiry letters are sent, asking whether the person(s) is affiliated with the offshore company or not...
Briefing the sub-committee, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Pasha said, “We asked the UAE authorities for a meeting — including one with Ambassador of UAE to Pakistan — but they have not even responded to this request either...
Mr Umar highlighted that the information released by Dubai Land Authority — possibly for marketing purpose after every six months — shows investments made by citizens of different countries... ...