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Issue No: 105 |
E - Alert |
Issue Date: 06-08-2015 |
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Editorial: Greetings from Centre for Peace and
Development Initiatives, (CPDI). Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly is in session and
RTI community in Pakistan is waiting with baited breath as to when will it
revoke amendments introduced on June 23Â
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act 2013. Civil society
groups, concerned citizens and media took PTI government to task for diluting
the law which suggests there is greater ownership of RTI in Pakistan. The
level of informed debate also shows that RTI movement in the country is
maturing. Our background information suggests that these amendments will be
withdrawn in this session. Couple of lessons can be drawn from this saga
of amendments. Wherever you are, beware Â
of bureaucratic shenanigans for it was the law department that wanted
to lower the status of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Commission. Never
underestimate the power of empire to strike back. Neither it is an isolated
case for we have seen it happening in India where bureaucracy would have
succeeded in declaring file notings exempted from disclosure had Indian civil
society not taken sustained stand against bureaucratic ‘indecent’ proposal.
Secondly, it was Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly who played an
instrumental role in giving exemption to the Assembly. So rare unity at
display by bureaucrats and politicians on the lines of one at times displayed
by Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby to protect mutual interests, in this case the mutual interest
being the preference for secretive ways of running government over
transparency. Yes, price of freedom is eternal vigilance
and as it is ‘mother of all rights’ and touch stone of all our freedoms,
right to information will always remain n obvious target and corresponding
greater level of vigilance will be required and forever. Happy reading, CPDI Pakistan Pakistan may have top global ranking if RTI draft law
passed The News ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is an ‘if’
away from grabbing the top global ranking as it can proudly claim to have the
best Right to Information (RTI) legislation in the world to promote
transparency if the draft RTI Act 2014 is passed into ... Pakistan Development
funds: district courts not providing info to CGPA Business Recorder (press
release) (blog) Anwar said District courts are
covered in purview of the KP Right to Information (RTI) Act. Section
2, Sub section (i) of KP RTI Act 2013 include ... India Indian
Potash Limited comes under RTI Act's ambit: CIC Economic Times NEW DELHI: Indian Potash
Limited (IPL), the Rs 15,000-crore fertliser behemoth, is answerable to
people under the Right to Information Act, the full ... India RTI Act: A decade of stonewalling information Hindustan Times When the Right to
Information Act (RTI) was passed in 2005, the view across the political
spectrum was that the law will provide access to services and ... USA Details
released in Navy bribery scheme, censure of 3 admirals The Seattle Times ... not known until the Navy
Times published a story over the weekend based on redacted documents received
through the Freedom of Information Act. UK Freedom
of Information Act could be 'watered down' as review is launched Telegraph.co.uk Maurice Frankel, director of
the Campaign for Freedom of Information said the current system, in
which a tribunal oversees the balance between the ... UK Syria
air strikes conducted by UK military pilots BBC News And yet news of Britons bombing
Syria emerged not in the Commons but via a freedom of information
request. Few pilots were involved. They were ... Sri Lanka The Sunday Times Sri Lanka In fact the Right to
Information Bill which should have gone to parliament much earlier and
become law by now obviates the need for such bodies as ... UK We
would never have known John Bercow claimed £172 for a taxi were it not for
the Freedom of ... The Independent Discovering fresh details of
the Speaker's travel and accommodation costs would never have been possible
but for the Freedom of Information (FoI) ... Pakistan CRTI
rejects amendments to Right to Information Act The News International PESHAWAR: Rejecting the
amendments to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act
2013, the Coalition on Right to Information (CRTI) has ... India Soldier
on trial for 27 years for a 'secret' that never was Hindustan Times ... retired lieutenant general
Nirmal Puri found the “classified†information he allegedly leaked was freely
available under the Right to Information Act. Ireland Adopted
people to gain right to information
on birth parents Irish Times Planned legislation that would
offer up to 50,000 adopted people a legal right to information
about their birth parents for the first time has been ... Philippine Palace
says it never wavered in pushing for Freedom of Information Bill Philippine Information Agency MANILA, July 30 --Malacañang
remains committed to pursue the passage of the Freedom of Information
(FOI) Bill to achieve more transparency in the ... UK Police
overtime costs up due to staff shortages BBC News One Met Police officer
received an overtime payment of £45,000 last year, a Freedom of
Information request found. The overtime bill for officers and ... |
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