Press Release: CPDI appreciate PMLN Statement to Stop MPs Development Funds
Press Release CPDI appreciate PMLN Statement to Stop MPs Development Funds Islamabad, May 23, 2013: Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) welcomes the statement of Mian Nawaz Sharif to stop constituency development funds (CDF) to members of National and Provincial Assemblies for two years. It was told that decision to lift the ban will
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CPDI Comments on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Access to Information Act 2013
It is very encouraging that the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has prepared draft law on right to information. Our comments on the draft are presented in the Table below. Our comments are based on the following: International standards regarding right to information legislation, which include (a) maximum disclosure; (b) minimal exception, (c) obligation for proactive
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Caretaker Information Minister, Mosarrat Qadeem pledges to draft effective right to information law for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar, April 30, 2013: there are plethora of records related to a common man that are held by public bodies. There have never been public services messages about the fee and procedures making people aware how common people can have access to their own records. Neither public bodies display such information at prominent places at
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Seminar speakers urge Punjab revenue departments, courts and union councils to improve service delivery by displaying information about their functions at prominent places
Lahore, April 23, 2013: The District Copying Manual contains list of public records and citizens can get copies of these records by depositing prescribed fee to the concerned department. There have never been public services messages about the fee and procedures making people aware how common people can have access to their own records. Neither
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Dilly-dallying by Federal Ombudsman and National Assembly Secretariat in sharing attendance record of parliamentarians deplored
Islamabad, April 08, 2013: It is mind-boggling as to how attendance record of the members of National Assembly (MNAs) be regarded as personal data? The attendance record of a MNA only tells whether or not he/she attended National Assembly proceedings.It does not invade privacy of an MNA as maintained by National Assembly Secretariat in response
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Shahbaz promises right to information law as first priority
ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has promised that the first legislation to be passed by the next Punjab Assembly will be the Right to Information law if the PML-N came into power, rekindling a hope for the media and civil society organizations struggling for this legislation. “Mark my words. This will be
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All agree on freedom of information need
ISLAMABAD: Government departments need to be obligated through right to information laws to proactively disclose information pertaining to issues of public importance as well as provide such information when it is demanded by citizens. “Insertion of Article 19-A into the Constitution through 18th Amendment declaring right to information a fundamental right is a welcome
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Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting urged to engage journalists and citizens’ groups in the process of finalizing right to information law
Islamabad, July 20, 2012: After protracted and deafening silence on the issue of enacting law to protect citizens’ right to information, government has finally taken a step forward and Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting has formed sub-committee with the mandate to work with Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in order to finalize legislation
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