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Inequity marks distribution of uplift funds among MPAs

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government allocated Rs 4.3 billion to Peshawar, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi and Swat district out of Rs8.5 billion development funds doled out to the lawmakers from across the province during the last fiscal year, 2014-15,…

KP utilized less than half of uplift funds this fiscal

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA), a nongovernmental organisation, on Friday urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to expedite utilisation of funds for Annual Development Programme as it could only utilise 45 per cent with 25 days…

Provincial status for Fata being considered

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: A proposal is under consideration in Islamabad to give the Federally Administered Tribal Areas the status of a separate province, a consultative seminar on tribal region was told here on Tuesday. “A cell in the presidency is looking…

Helpline for easy access to information

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Commission (RTIC) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) to install a toll-free helpline with a view to facilitate the citizens in…

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 urged to enact access to information law

PRESS RELEASE Peshawar: (February 26, 2013) Out of total 25 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), only two districts provided copies of education and health budget books in response to the information requests filed by Centre for Governance and Public Accountability…