{{ brizy_dc_global_blocks position=’top’ }} {{placeholder content=’e3ticml6eV9kY19wb3N0X3RpdGxlfX0=’}} {{placeholder content=’e3tlZGl0b3JfcG9zdF9pbmZvfX0=’}} The Right to Information (RTI) Act in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is a crucial instrument for promoting transparency and accountability within the provincial government. Enacted to empower citizens by providing them with access…
Articles | Stories | Blogs At least five district courts did not bother respond to a simple request for information Under Article 19-A of the Constitution of Pakistan, people have a right to access information held by public bodies. This…
Articles | Stories | Blogs The attackers are none other than the bigwigs of the PTI in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government The Right to Information Act of 2013 has come under attack for the second time since its enactment. The attackers…
Articles | Stories | Blogs The fact of the matter is that Rehman does not want referendum in Fata What does it take to hold referendum in Fata on the K-P-Fata merger issue? But before discussing the referendum, let us…
Articles | Stories | Blogs The more development budgets are spent in Pakistan, the more it causes regional disparities The more development budgets are spent in Pakistan, the more it causes regional disparities. The share of the pie in the…
Articles | Stories | Blogs Right to information is oxygen for democracy Finally the Right of Access to Information Act, assented to by the country’s president on October 10, 2017, has repealed the Freedom of Information (FOI) Ordinance 2002. The…
Articles | Stories | Blogs This piece is in response to Rustam Shah Mohmand’s article ‘The Unanticipated Perils of FATA Merger with K-P This piece is in response to Rustam Shah Mohmand’s Article in this paper titled ‘The Unanticipated Perils…
Articles | Stories | Blogs There are various actors and institutions which have to relinquish powers for FATA mainstreaming There are various actors and institutions which have to relinquish powers for FATA mainstreaming. Under Article 247, the President of Pakistan…
Articles | Stories | Blogs The much-awaited report of the committee on Fata reforms is now public The much-awaited report of the committee on Fata reforms is now public. In a previous article, I had pointed out three main areas…
Articles | Stories | Blogs Patriotic nationalism thrives on the hatred of the ‘other’ As we are faced with a multitude of challenges, it is easy for politicians and policymakers to paint different causes with the same brush. This is…