Category Press Release

Quick, Transparent Reforms For Tribal Districts

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: With two months having passed since a landmark constitutional amendment was passed to merge the tribal areas with the settled districts, the civil society in the province has demanded quick and transparent implementation of reforms in the erstwhile…

K-P Government fails to table RTI amendment bill

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: As Tuesday’s sitting was adjourned owing to a boycott by lawmakers over Baldev Kumar’s appearance, the provincial government could not table a controversial amendment to right to information law. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government had drafted the Right to…

Govt warned against amending RTI law

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Many civil society organizations have opposed the proposed ‘controversial’ amendments to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act, 2013, declaring the government’s move contrary to the people’s fundamental rights. They also warned that they would challenge those…

KP govt plans amend to RTI

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to amend its much-appreciated Right to Information (RTI) Act 2013 which is feared to render the law stingless besides hampering its ineffectiveness. The bill seeking amendments to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to…

KP govt asked to make RTI act functional

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) has demanded the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to notify rules under the KP Right to Information Act 2013. The demand was made in connection to international right to know day, commemorated…

ANP termed most active party in KP Assembly

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Awami National Party has secured top slot for its contribution to total business of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly till June 2016, says a report. Centre for Governance and Public Accountability in its report on performance, ranking and analysis…

Revenue, foreign aid targets missed

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s revised budgetary estimates for the outgoing year show that the government has not only failed to get its due share from the federal government but also failed to achieve its own tax and non-tax…

Mainstreaming PATA?

PRESS RELEASE The political parties that are expected to mainstream the tribal areas, are opposing the implementation of the Customs Act in the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata). The ANP, PPP, JI, QWP and PTI are opposing the implementation of…