Right to know: Joint forum of south Asian nations proposed
The forum will go a long way in establishing sovereignty of the poor, the press release added.
The proposed forum will monitor enforcement of RTI laws in the region. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS
Delegates of a regional conference on investigative journalism and citizens’ right to information (RTI) agreed to establish a “South Asia Right to Information Forum” to raise a voice for peoples’ right to know.
The conference was organised by Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) in Islamabad on Tuesday to mark World Press Freedom Day, said a press release.
A declaration endorsed by the participants read that there are many commonalities in south Asian countries as far as free flow of information and public trust in the functioning of democracy were concerned.
The proposed forum will monitor enforcement of RTI laws in the region. The forum will go a long way in establishing sovereignty of the poor, the press release added.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 7th, 2014.