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Issue No: 134

E - Alert

Issue Date: 17-01-2017

Pakistan

Hounding refugees

DAWN.com

According to documents obtained under the provincial Right to Information Act, of the major crimes in which cases were registered, the involvement of ...

Pakistan

KP right to information website defaced by 'Indian' hackers

The Express Tribune

PESHAWAR: The web portal of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) Commission was allegedly hacked on Tuesday by Indian hackers.

Pakistan

CM Secretariat: PTI leader seeks details of additional budget

The Express Tribune

... the CM's principal secretary for access to information within the time period specified in the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act 2013.

India

Modi degree row: Delhi University asked to allow inquiry into records of 1978 batch of BA students

Scroll.in

The commission dismissed DU Central Public Information Officer Meenakshi Sahay's denial of a Right to Information query on the grounds that the ...

UK

BBC splashed more than £110000 on wine, beer and spirits in three years

Daily Mail

The BBC has spent more than £100,000 in three years on alcohol including spirits, beer and cider and sparkling wine. A Freedom of Information act ...

Pakistan

Departmental differences: RTI commission weighed down by undefined rules (National)

The Express Tribune

PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) Commission is unable to notify its rules and finalise amendments proposed in the ...

India

5 arrested for Right to Information Act activist's murder in Sonipat

Times of India

CHANDIGARH: A 38-year-old RTI activist of Gamdi village in Haryana's Sonipat district had to pay with his life for seeking information about the work ...

Pakistan

Inquiry needed into what happened to inquiry commissions

The News International

... of a judicial commission in the event of a tragic incident has become a fashion, official responses received through the Right to Information (RTI) law ...

India

Man drives car for 10 years sans RTO registration

Times of India

For the last two years, a vegetable vendor from Chinchwad has been asking for his regional transport office (RTO) papers for a car that he had ...

India

CRPF denies RTI query on pellet guns, says there were no human rights violations

Hindustan Times

In a Right to Information (RTI) query to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), activist Venkatesh Nayak had asked for the Standard Operating ...

India

Family members use RTI Act to blackmail woman

Times of India

Aurangabad: The city police have booked four persons, including one woman, for allegedly using documents obtained through Right to Information ...

UK

Hundreds of British soldiers busted for taking drugs including cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy in ...

The Sun

The overall 30 per cent rise in drug-taking in the forces is revealed in official figures obtained under freedom of information laws.

Pakistan

KP prosecution data gives lie to claims against Afghan refugees

DAWN.com

Documents retrieved through the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act, 2013 provide startling details of crime statistics involving Afghan ...

Bangladesh

Investigative journalism and the RTI Act

The Daily Star

The story unveiled a national scandal. Such is the power of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, as it is known in this country. Through RTI, citizens today ...

Pakistan

Electronic RTI application system a failure

DAWN.com

PESHAWAR: Lack of interest on part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Commission and public information officers in the working of the ...

India

RTI aids woman's quest for justice in decade-long dispute

The Hindu

But for her unrelenting pursuit and effective use of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, V. Santha of Pudukottai district would not. have been able to ...

India

RBI refuses to answer questions on 'demonetisation' citing threat to life: Report

India TV

... it had asked the RBI 14 questions on 'demonetisation' between December 8, 2016 and January 2, 2017 under 'Right to Information' and the central ...

UK

US man pays tax bill using five wheelbarrows of coins

BBC News

He filed a Freedom of Information request to be given a direct number, The Bristol Herald Courier reported, and was eventually given a number he ...

India

Is Jana Gana Mana our national anthem? PMO gives no info in RTI

Hindustan Times

The CIC stated that the PMO's response of not giving information was not proper and legal, and it breached the right to information of people.

Australia

Currently 150 murderers and sex offenders living in community in Queensland

Courier Mail

... unacceptable risk of further offences, testing positive to drugs or leaving Queensland, according to

India

5012 trees will make way for Metro-3 project in Mumbai

Hindustan Times

The information was made public by MMRCL after they responded to a right to information (RTI) application on Wednesday, filed by Khar resident Zoru ...

UK

Retired British expats 'outstrip European pensioners using NHS'

BBC News

The figures were obtained after a BBC Freedom of Information request. Citizens of the EEA - EU states and Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein - can ...

UK

Foreign Office accused of breaking ministerial code over Saudi weapons assurances

The Guardian

It is only the second time that the information commissioner has felt forced to issue this kind of instruction under the Freedom of Information Act.

UK

Health tourism warning as NHS chases £350000 bill from Nigerian woman who gave birth in a ...

Telegraph.co.uk

... according to data from the 90 hospitals who responded to the freedom of information requests. Of those, over 3,000 were mothers who arrived in the ...

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