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