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Law on right to information demanded in Pata too

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability, a civil society organisation, on Thursday urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to extend the right to information law to the provincially administered tribal areas for the benefit of the people.…

Govt passes 35 laws from KP Assembly: Arif Yousaf

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Advisor to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arif Yousaf has said that Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf-led government has discussed 114 laws in the provincial assembly in which 35 laws have so far been passed by the legislators.  This he…

Lagging behind: RTI law yet to be extended to PATA

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: A year has passed since the Right to Information Act (RTI) was passed by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly, but it is yet to be extended to the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) due to ‘legislative hurdles’, officials told The…

KP to Enact Right to Compulsory Education Bill Soon

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government intends to enact the Right to Compulsory Education Bill soon. The provincial government is presently considering the financial implications of the bill and the actual need of enrolment of an estimated 2.5 million out-of-school children,…

KP law will improve public service delivery: Orakzai

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Right to Public Services Act 2013 will bring improvements in public service delivery, Right to Services Commission Chief Hanif Orakzai said on Monday. Orakzai was addressing a seminar organized jointly by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…

CGPA organizes awareness seminar on KP RI Act-2013

PRESS RELEASE The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA), organized awareness seminar on KP Right to Information Act 2013, in district Kohat on Wednesday.  Professor Kaleemullah, Commissioner Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Commission said that RTI is to strengthen…