ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) has called on the government to appoint an information commissioner from the civil society.
The commissioner should be appointed in accordance with the criteria set out in Section 18(c) of the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017with proven expertise in human rights and the right to information, the CPDI said. Continue reading
ISLAMABAD: Federal Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar has said that the government is seriously considering to amend the election laws for ensuring transparent elections in the country. Continue reading
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar has said that the government is seriously considering to amend the election laws for ensuring transparent polls in the country.
ISLAMABAD – Federal Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar has said that the govt is seriously considering to amend election laws for ensuring transparent polls in the country. “We are seriously thinking and carefully examining that at least those amendments should be included which already have the consensus,” said Federal Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar Continue reading
Islamabad: Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) has written to the Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) to urge the inclusion of women with disabilities in the financial assistance programme, says a press release. Continue reading
Islamabad: Coalition for Elections and Democracy (CED), a coalition of leading civil society organisations, has urged the federal and provincial governments and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to adhere to the constitutional requirements regarding the conduct of provincial assembly elections in the Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Continue reading
ISLAMABAD: Coalition for Elections and Democracy (CED), an umbrella organisation of civil society groups, on Monday urged the federal and provincial governments and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to strictly adhere to the constitutional requirements regarding provincial assembly elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Continue reading
ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) has written letters to speaker of the National Assembly, chairmen of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and other senators, urging them to play a positive role in ensuring that the regressive amendment in the Right of Access to Information (RAI) Act 2017 be rejected and that the act is further strengthened to facilitate easy access of citizens to maximum information. Continue reading
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