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A newsletter containing news, views, articles, investigative stories in the field of |
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Issue No: 100 |
E - Alert |
Issue Date: 15-04-2015 |
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Editorial: Greetings from Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives, (CPDI). We received an interesting response from Additional Secretary (Welfare)/ Public Information Officer for Welfare Wing, S&GAD, Punjab on our request pertaining to the list of passengers of the Punjab government helicopter and number of flights taken from July 01, 2013 to April 02, 2014 filed under the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act 2013. The Punjab government has cited 'security' reasons for not divulging names of those who have used helicopter of the Government of Punjab. Interestingly, we got positive response from Section Officer (Aviation-I) on a similar request for information filed under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act 2013. Rumours abound about the way Punjab government helicopter is being used and it is in the best interest of the Punjab government that it shares the requested information to put an end to these damaging rumours. Mr. Waseem Abbasi, an investigative journalist is also trying to get access to the similar information and those who are interested in the use of Punjab government helicopter might find the related stories in this issue very interesting. Especially, the Punjab government clarification and the rejoinder by Mr. Abbasi show the effectiveness of RTI as a tool for investigative reporting. Happy reading, CPDI Punjab CM's copter makes 627 flights costing Rs37 million ISLAMABAD: Punjab
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has spent more time
in air then his counterpart in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Pervaiz
Khattak as the official helicopter of former was
almost used twice daily throughout last year, according to official figures
obtained by The News. The documents provided by the Punjab government revealed that official helicopter of Punjab chief minister took 627 flights from July 2013 to October 2014 which cost national exchequer an amount of Rs37.07 million. Punjab govt clarifies use of helicopter LAHORE: A
Spokesman of Punjab government has taken exception to a news item, published
in a section of the press, regarding the government of the Punjab's
helicopters flights, costing Rs37 million. The spokesman said that the official helicopter of the government of the Punjab is only used for legitimate government functions. UK Prince
Charles letters must be disclosed, rules Supreme Court Out-Law.com In
his leading judgment, Lord Neuberger said that provisions within the Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) did not give the attorney general of
England ... Canada Serious
access to information reform is needed in Canada Straight.com Canada
is currently ranked 57th out of the 101 countries on the Centre for Law and
Democracy's Right to Information Rating, a comparative ... USA Lawsuit
filed over new lethal-injection law Arkansas News ... drugs secret violates the
prisoners' constitutional rights, including their right to information
about procedures the state intends to use to execute India 'Air
safety rules wilfully violated at Mumbai airport'
The Indian Express The
DGM's letter is in response to a Right to Information request filed by
activist Vishwas Bhamburkar
about action taken on safety issues at the airport. USA Illinois
mulls expanded disease list for marijuana program Macon Telegraph (blog) ...
emotional pleas for help, according to 269 pages of petitions obtained by The
Associated Press through the state's Freedom of Information Act. USA Judge
Shoots Down 'FOIA Terrorist' Jason Leopold; Says 'Panetta Review' Documents
Can Be ... Techdirt In
a court filing last month as part of a Freedom of Information Act
lawsuit, a C.I.A. officer said that the review had been stopped abruptly in
2010, had ... India Intelligence
agencies silent on RTI: study The Hindu India's
top security and intelligence agencies consistently refuse to give out any
information about the Right to Information requests they receive,
and ... India Why
are CIC posts vacant, Delhi High Court tells government to explain Economic Times ... why vacancies in the
Central Information Commission, the final appellate authority for Right to
Information Act, have not been filled for almost a India NGT
asks state to spring into action to curb illegal mining Times of India BHOPAL: National Green
Tribunal (NGT) has expressed concern over illegal sand mining in Madhya
Pradesh following death of a cop, who was ... Nigeria I
Will Guarantee Lagosians Right to Information –
Jimi Agbaje Daily Times Nigeria Governorship
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in
Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje has pledged to ensure Lagosians unfettered right to ... USA DHS:
FOIA Requests Up 182 Percent Under Obama – 5.7 Percent Are Fully Granted CNSNews.com ...
Homeland Security has experienced a 182 percent increase in the number of
requests it receives under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
since ... Australia Australian
officials knew of surrogate baby abandonment ABC Online Freedom
of Information (FOI) documents
obtained by the ABC's Foreign Correspondent program reveal startling new
information about the case which ... Australia Peculiar
public service job: Strange tasks come with National Museum of Australia jobs
The Canberra Times Documents
obtained by a member of the public via a freedom of information
request show damage to the cement base of a statue of 19th Century
gold ... UK Mapped:
The world's most open governments Telegraph.co.uk The
countries were assessed on four categories: publicised
laws and government data, right to information, civic participation,
and complaint ... India You
can put national calendar dates on cheques, but
banks don't know Times of India Information sought from RBI through Right to Information (RTI) query filed by city-based activist Abhay Kolarkar clarifies that all nationalized banks ... India CIC
Directs Govt to Bring Pvt
Hospitals Under RTI The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Centre and state governments to enforce the Right to Information (RTI) Act to ... |
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