PRESS RELEASE The Right to Information law is meant to empower citizens and they should own it, said Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Commissioner for Right to Information Commission Professor Kalimullah. Kalimullah was speaking at an awareness seminar organised by the Centre for Governance…
PRESS RELEASE Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) demands the President of Pakistan and Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province to extend Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) Act 2013 to Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA). The KP RTI Law was enacted…
PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, July 09, 2014 – Peshawar—Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) has hailed Elementary and Secondary Education Department (E&SED) for recent initiative to proactively disclose Education Management Information System (EMIS) data on its website. Muhammad Anwar, Executive…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Any information you may want to know about Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s elementary and secondary schools is now all online. The education department has made available all of its statistics and maps, even for schools with missing facilities, at www.kpese.gov.pk. The data…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Of the total budget allocated for elementary and secondary education in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) for fiscal year 2013-14, a whopping 99% was spent on salaries and expenses of employees while a measly 1% went towards development work. A survey…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtun-khwa Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Inayatullah Khan has said there will be a substantial increase in education budget in coming financial year. Addressing the launching ceremony of a study conducted by the Centre…
PRESS RELEASE Participants at a seminar on Tuesday called for increasing the education and health budgets of the Mardan district. Seminar, which was organised by Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) in Mardan, uncovered the findings of three research…
PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, April 02, 2014 – Peshawar—Participants of a seminar Tuesday called for increasing the overall education and health budgets of district Swabi and enhancing the level of public participation in budget making and oversight of expenditure. The seminar…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The information commission under the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Right to Information (RTI) Act is yet to be established, rendering the act itself dysfunctional till then. The K-P RTI commission has to be established within 120 days of the enactment…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday urged the provincial government to appoint the two remaining information commissioners so the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Information Commission can become functional. The government was also urged to remove anomalies in the K-P Right…