ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister for information Senator Pervaiz Rashid Thursday said some institutions in Pakistan discouraged the flow of information and most of information was not provided on the pretext of threat to national security. Speaking at the RTI Award Continue reading So-called ‘gods on earth’ unwilling to share info: Pervaiz
ISLAMABAD: The Coalition on Right to Information (CRTI) conferred RTI Champions Awards 2017 on Fakhar Durrani and Asif Munawar in the ‘journalist’ and ‘citizen’ categories respectively, here at National Press Club on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, former federal minister Continue reading CRTI announces RTI Champions Awards 2017
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 Continue reading Senators say ‘certain institutions’ continue to place hurdles in access to information
LAHORE: The Right to Information (RTI) Coalition on Thursday urged the Punjab government to appoint information commissioners and provide staff to the Punjab Information Commission instead of showing lack of interest in fully implementing the Transparency and Right to Information Continue reading Right to Information Act Govt urged to appoint information commissioners
ISLAMABAD – The Right of Access to Information Bill, 2017, presented in the Senate this week, would prove highly restrictive and ineffective like the previous law, it seeks to repeal, say civil society groups working to promote citizens’ right of Continue reading Right of Access to Information Bill ‘restrictive, ineffective’
