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A newsletter containing news, views, articles, investigative stories in the field of |
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Right
to Information from Around the World |
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Issue No: 130 |
E - Alert |
Issue Date: 18-11-2016 |
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Pakistan Balochistan to introduce new right to information law The Express Tribune QUETTA: Adviser to CM on
Information Sardar Raza
Mohammad Barech has said a new draft of the Right
to Information Law in Balochistan was being ... Pakistan Balochistan Government Pledges to Table RTI Bill in Assembly in 2 Months Quetta: Balochistan government
pledged to table the Right to Information (RTI) bill in assembly
within 2 months. This announcement was made by ... India High impunity and massive backlog choking RTI: Study The Hindu A new study on the performance
of the adjudicators of the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed
that information commissions (ICs) imposed the ... India New notes to cost RBI more than Rs. 12000 crore The Hindu Data from a Right to
Information answer by the RBI in 2012 shows that it costs Rs. 2.50 to
print each Rs. 500 denomination note, and Rs. 3.17 to print a ... USA Public records and an amusing definition of 'free' (Opinion) Charging for 'open records' makes a mockery of the term 'freedom of information.'" He encouraged fines and firings of employees. Let me reply to ... India Sports Ministry wants BCCI to be brought under RTI Economic Times This is not the first time
that the government has tried to get the board under right to
information (RTI). In December 2011, then sports minister Ajay ... Pakistan The Need to Repeal Balochistan Freedom of Information Act 2005 Why is effective right to
information law important for good governance? It is so because it
enables citizens Pakistan Non-implementation of LHC order: FBR chief issued notice in contempt plea Business Recorder ... of Revenue (FBR) in a
contempt of court petition filed by a tax lawyer following violation of Right
to India PROs posted in all police stations in state The New Indian Express They also give the copies of
FIR and ensure that the public avail the benefits of Right to Information
and Right to Service Acts. They should also work ... USA How many racing dogs failed drug tests? In Texas, that's confidential Kelley Shannon, executive
director of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, said in
recent years her organization has observed a steady ... India Waiting period at RTI commissions ranges between two months and 30 years Economic Times NEW DELHI: If you file a Right
to Information (RTI) appeal before Assam Information Commission today,
you will have to wait for 30 years to get heard. Pakistan Right to Information Law not at odds with national security: CRTI The Nation islamabad - The Right to Information Law is not at odds
with the national security of the country and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan
is ... Pakistan Right to information: Irrigation engineer fined for withholding details The Express Tribune LAHORE: The Punjab
Information Commission has fined and ordered disciplinary action against a
superintendent engineer of the irrigation ... India Finally, J&K SIC becomes completely defunct; Govt still in deep slumber Daily Excelsior Today was his last working
day as per the provisions of J&K Right to Information Act and with
this the State Information Commission has completely ... India Live Law Just one miniscule part of
right to know, i.e., right to information, truncated in myriad forms
of expression UK Powers of attorney rocket as dementia becomes Britain's biggest killer Information released under a
Freedom of Information request show that in 2015, 441,500 power of
attorney arrangements were set-up, compared to ... India Sexual assault cases up 280% since 2012 Mumbai Mirror The report compiled by Praja Foundation using data gathered under the Right
to Information (RTI) act India RTI info exposes plot-allotment scam Chandigarh Tribune Information provided by the
GLADA authorities under the Right to Information Act revealed that 60
applications for allotment of plots under various ... USA NYPD Keeps Mayor's Helicopter Use a Secret and it 'Makes No Sense:' Experts DNAinfo Brushing aside a Freedom
of Information request by DNAinfo New York, the
NYPD's Legal Bureau claimed its FOIL Unit was “unable to locate ... UK Child trafficking victims disappearing from UK care at 'alarming' rate The Guardian The new data, drawn largely
from freedom of information requests to 217 local authorities across
the UK, shows that Thurrock, Hillingdon,
Croydon, ... India University got 278 fake degrees to ratify so far this year: RTI Times of India Mumbai: The University of
Mumbai finds close to 300 fake degrees every year from among the ones that
are sent to it for verification by employers. Sri Lanka President yet to ratify two RTI Commission nominees The Sunday Times Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena is yet to
ratify appointments for the remaining two posts of commissioners on the Right
to Information (RTI) Commission, ... UK Just one person fined in UK for smoking with under-18 in car The Guardian The research was based on Freedom
of Information (FOI) requests to 42 police forces in England and Wales.
Only Northumbria police gave a figure ... UK A third of police forces use anti-spitting hoods on suspects Figures released under the Freedom
of Information Act revealed the hoods have been used on 91 people aged
under 18 in the last five years, with ... |
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