RTI law

Say law enables citizens to access information held by public bodies

Draft law is already pending before the legislature

Kifayatullah Afridi had submitted an application on August 29 under the Right to Information Act

Speakers say much work needs to be done to effectively implement law at all levels

The Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA), under section 34 of the PECA, has authority to remove or block any information

Changes aim to make legislation result-oriented, empower commission.

CGPA marks suggest health dept ranks highest, followed by education dept

Providing citizens with information is to empower them. The whole edifice of RTI is constructed on this basic fact

RTI commissioner says departments asked to publish data for 2016 online

If the PTI had not enacted the RTI law in K-P, the PML-N might not have opted for a similar law in Punjab