Tweaking underway: Right to Information Ordinance undergoes overhaul
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The government has amended its draft on the Right to Information (RTI) Ordinance, after the initial blueprint was criticised for certain inadequacies. K-P Governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan, who signed the ordinance forwarded by the provincial government on…
Civil society hails promulgation of RTI Ordinance 2013 in KP
PRESS RELEASE Welcoming the promulgation of “Right to Information Ordinance 2013 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”, a civil society organisation has demanded that all relevant stakeholders to be consulted before its formal approval by the provincial legislator assembly, to make it more…
Right to Information Ordinance: KPK civil society bodies reject draft
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR – A group of civil society organisations on Wednesday rejected the proposed draft for an ordinance on Right to Information by the PTI-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and demanded proper legislation in the provincial assembly instead of promulgating…
CSOs see anomalies in proposed ordinance on right to information
PRESS RELEASE A network of 20 civil society organisations (CSOs), Coalition on Right to Information (CRTI), Wednesday claimed the proposed ordinance of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Right to Information had a number of anomalies and it would create problems…
KP govt urged to review draft information law
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Ordinance on Right to Information rejected
PRESS RELEASE A group of civil society group has rejected the ordinance on Right to Information, drafted by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, demanding to make proper legislation in the provincial legislative Assembly on RTI, instead of merely promulgate it through an…
Right to Information: Act Civil society says ‘culture of secrecy’ must be rooted out
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: In order to ensure transparency and curb corruption in government departments, the Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA), a civil society organisation, has asked the Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government to take practical steps for enactment of…
Call for citizens’ access to budget books
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Budget discrepancies: ‘Govt officials deny citizen’s right to financial data’
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) planning and development department’s researcher Shah Mehmud said government officials dodge every attempt at disclosing financial information. “Even a circular notice is not shared with the public,” Mehmud said, speaking at a seminar on ‘Comparative…