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Officials have voiced their fears that such a decision could run afoul of the right to information laws.
The decision comes after the RCB had barred its officials from providing information to the media while reporters were also barred from attending the board’s meeting. Subsequently, the media was only restricted to the information contained in official handouts released after the board meetings.
When asked, RCB spokesperson Qaiser Mehmood, said that the in-camera meetings are being held after orders from the related authority. However, they were still indecisive about whether or not to release a hand-out of the proceeding.
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Pushcart owners struggle
The RCB has failed to resolve the issue of more than 400 pushcart owners who have been struggling to work in the cantonment after their carts were barred.
Representatives of the Cart Pushers Union (CPU) have visited the cantonment board office on multiple occasions but to little avail.
The affectees are waiting for the RCB to resolve their issue and allot them a piece of land where pushcart owners can do business.
CPU President Sardar Munsif Khan said that he had managed to meet with RCB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sibtain Raza.
During the short-meeting, Munsif told the CEO about the plight of pushcart owners and the financial constraints they were going through. The CEO, though, assured that the issue will be resolved by a special committee.
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Munsif said that he had also raised the matter with Cantonment Secretary-General and MNA Amir Mehmood Kayani and briefed him about the situation.
However, the CPU president said that thus far all he had received was lip service and that he was waiting for the cogs of government to turn.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 7th, 2019.
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