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