KP bureaucrats thwart info rights law, refuse to respond

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

Greater transparency : Civil society demands removal of offence section from RTI Act

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

Soon to expire, PTI’s RTI law being wrung through rumour mill

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

No logbooks of thousands of official cars in Sindh helping criminals

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