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A newsletter containing news, views, articles, investigative stories in the field of |
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Right
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Issue No: 102 |
E - Alert |
Issue Date: 08-06-2015 |
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Editorial: Greetings from Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives, (CPDI). CPDI is engaged with
governments in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa impressing upon them to remove
factors that hamper implementation of RTI laws in these provinces.
Notwithstanding the overriding powers of these RTI laws, West Pakistan
Government Servants (Conduct) Rules 1966, Rules of Business and other such
laws contain provisions contrary to the spirit of these laws and have the
potential to be used to discourage citizens to exercise their right to
information. Especially, Sections 4
and 5 of the Punjab Transparency and
Right to Information Act 2013 and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to
Information Act 2013 respectively pertaining to the proactive disclosure of
information will only be implemented when the sharing of the listed
information in these sections is assigned as functions to be performed by the
public bodies under the Rules of Business.Â
CPDI is in communication with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab
governments urging them to revisit and amend West Pakistan Government
Servants (Conduct) Rules 1966 and Rules of Business with the view to promote
and protect citizens’ right to information. The response from the Punjab
government is positive and it has directed Punjab Information Commission to
develop recommendations and share it with the government which it has done.
We will keep you posted about the developments. Happy reading, CPDI India Two
years on, student still fighting for answer book copy Times
of India ... South Gujarat University (VNSGU) has been fighting
to get a copy of his answer book for the last two years under the Right to
Information Act (RTI). UK Freedom of Information reveals UK police spend at least £36m a year on comms PR
Week The role of PR professionals in the police continues to
be crucial with 12 forces across the country spending over £1m on comms.
News ... UK UK
police requests to access phone calls or emails are granted 93% of the time
The
Guardian The figures, released to Big Brother Watch under freedom
of information laws, found there were more than 730,000 requests for
communications data ... India 'Matriculate
holds several posts in CM's grievance cell' JAMMU,
May 29: Information sought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act by
a social activist has revealed that a matriculate is holding several
top ... USA FOI bill in line for plenary debate,
but will it open up SALNs to scrutiny? InterAksyon
MANILA, Philippines -- Advocates have heightened their
push for the passage of the Freedom of Information bill by the House
of Representatives with ... USA 10
incidents discovered at the nation's biolabs USA
TODAY ...
2014 at the USDA's Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory in Athens, Ga.,
records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show. India Salman
Khan's Hit-and-Run Files Burned in Fire India
West A recent Right to Information inquiry revealed
the 2002 hit-and-run case files of actor Salman Khan, photographed leaving
for the Arab-Indo Bollywood ... India Mineral
water worth Rs 4.66 lakh consumed at Maha secretariat: RTI Zee
News ... consumed a total of 24,684 litres of bottled
mineral water at a cost of Rs 4.66 lakh in the last 5 months, a Right to
Information query has revealed. Australia Single
freedom of information request
ends up costing taxpayers $80000 The
Canberra Times The Department of Agriculture has been lashed at a
Senate Estimates hearing for an $80,000 review into how it handles freedom
of information ... Malta 62
freedom of information requests Times
of Malta The government has received 62 freedom of
information requests since the act came into force, Prime Minister Joseph
Muscat said this evening. Bahamas Freedom Of Information Bill Does Not
Fix Flaws, Says Expert Bahamas
Tribune Full consultation and debate prior to enacting a right
to information law is appropriate, given its democratic importance and
complexity. “However ... India T
fails to take up fight against tobacco menace Times
of India ... a cardiologist, who filed a series of applications
under the Right to Information (RTI) Act with two dozen district and
state level health authorities on ... USA Police
tasers used on children and elderly East
London and West Essex Guardian Series Figures released under the Freedom of Information
Act show officers used the weapon on 11 people over the age of 60 in the 12
months up to April ... UK We
all had a right to see Prince Charles's letters. But not any more, it seems
The
Guardian However the tightening-up of the Freedom of
Information Act brings to an end this brief glimpse into Charles's
lobbying. The shutters have come down, ... India Karnataka Governor Spent Rs 3.5 Crore on Renovation, Chartered flights, Finds RTI Query NDTV
... office, Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R Vala has
spent a hefty Rs 3.5 crore, an application filed under the Right to
Information Act, or RTI, has found. India State
health insurance scheme: Money flows to private hospitals Times
of India According to information obtained through Right To
Information (RTI) Act, out of close to Rs 680 crore that was spent on
health insurance in the 2013, ... UK Garden thefts occur 'every eight minutes' The
Independent Figures compiled from 38 police forces suggest there
were more than 60,000 thefts from gardens last year, the study based on freedom
of information ... |
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