PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has spent Rs17.86 billion out of the Rs140.23 billion allocation under the umbrella of Annual Development Programme (ADP) 2014-15. According to data provided by the Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA), the first…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Expressing his concern over the alarming dropout rate at government schools, Minister for Local Government Inayatullah Khan said public problems can only be resolved once powers are devolved to the union council level. Inayatullah was addressing a seminar…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The overall literacy rate in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is 52% which falls short of the national average of 60%. This was said at a session on social accountability in education organised by the Center for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA)…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) has urged the government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to expedite the use of the development budget allocated under the Annual Development Programme (ADP). This was stated in a press release issued by…
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…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) urged citizens of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab to use the Right to Information law to improve transparency and accountability in public service delivery. Filing requests for information under these laws…
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 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: 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…