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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: 138 |
E - Alert |
Issue Date: 17-03-2017 |
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Pakistan 'Bulletproof vehicles
only for vulnerable officials' The News International The Punjab Home Department has
refused to disclose information under Right to Information Act
regarding use of bulletproof vehicles by government ... India Activist Moves SC
Against Delhi HC Judgment Excluding AG's Office From RTI [Read Petition] Live Law Justice Vibhu Bakhru allowed
the appeal and held that the office of the Attorney General of India is a
public authority under the Right to Information Act ... India Modi's passport
application cannot be disclosed: Chief Information Commissioner RK Mathur The New Indian Express ... had earlier refused to
share the documents, saying it is "personal information" which
cannot be provided under the Right to Information (RTI) Sri Lanka RTI Commission seeks
Rs. 76 m to carry out its work efficiently The Sunday Times Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's Right to
Information (RTI) Commission says it has urged the Finance Ministry's
Budget Director to ensure that Rs. 76 million allocated for it ... India Plea to reserve MBBS
seats for govt. school students The Hindu He claimed that information
obtained under the Right to Information Act, 2005 revealed that out of
the 35,357 MBBS seats filled between the academic ... Bangladesh JS standing committee
meetings should be open to public The Daily Star ... be open to public and the
wealth accounts of the public representatives should be published to make the
right to information (RTI) more effective. Pakistan 'Whistleblower'
clause dropped from Right to Information Bill PressReader Pakistan's Senate committee on
the Right to Information (RTI) Bill 2016 yesterday unanimously decided
to drop the clause for �whistle-blowers� from ... Pakistan Interpol help sought
to curb blasphemy online ... Pakistan's embassy in
Washington has been tasked with contacting Facebook to seek the requisite
information under US Right to Information laws. USA Obama Administration
Spent Record Millions in 2016 Fighting Freedom of Information Act
Requests The Root In its final year, the Obama
administration spent a record $36.2 million on legal costs defending its
refusal to turn over federal records requested under ... Pakistan After Punjab and KP,
Sindh passes right to information bill The News International Following the lead of the
Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, the provincial legislature of Sindh
unanimously passed the Sindh ... India Narendra Modi degree:
Delhi University college says no data of students passing out in 1978 The New Indian Express ... and Section Officer
(Information) of the University, who are the deemed PIOs under section 5(4)
and 5(5) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Pakistan THE government continues to
drag its feet over the issue of enacting a right to information
law and putting in place institutional mechanisms so that ... Pakistan THE active history of right
to information laws in Pakistan starts from 2002, when we became the
first country in South Asia to pass an ordinance in this ... Pakistan Senator Babar tables
report and draft of RTI bill Daily Times ISLAMABAD: Special Committee of
Senate on Right to Information (RTI) Chairman Senator Farhatullah
Babar on Thursday tabled report and draft of ... |
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