Call for citizens’ access to budget books
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Budget discrepancies: ‘Govt officials deny citizen’s right to financial data’
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) planning and development department’s researcher Shah Mehmud said government officials dodge every attempt at disclosing financial information. “Even a circular notice is not shared with the public,” Mehmud said, speaking at a seminar on ‘Comparative…
CGPA Demands Notification of FATA Local Government Regulations
PRESS RELEASE Peshawar: Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) has demanded the President of Pakistan to notify promulgation of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Local Government Regulations. The FATA Local Government Regulations (FLGR) were thoroughly discussed and debated in…
Community say in budget making process stressed
PRESS RELEASE Peshawar—Participants at a training workshop have underscored the need for enactment of right to information to bring transparency and improvement in the existing governance system, called for involvement of local community in budget making process. The training workshop…
(Not) At your fingertips: ‘K-P lags behind in implementing Right to Information’
PRESS RELEASE Peshawar: The government needs to take prompt steps to give citizens access to information as mandated through Article 19-A, recommended Centre for Governance and Public (CGPA) Programme Coordinator Abid Hussain. He further said the public should be involved…
Need for enactment of Right to Information stressed
PRESS RELEASE Peshawar, Participants at a training workshop have stressed the need for enactment of Right to Information aimed at bringing transparency and improvement in the governance system, called for involvement of local community in budget making process. The training…
Lawyers urge legislation on right to information
PRESS RELEASE Peshawar: The lawyers’ community has called for early legislation and implementation of Right to Information (RTI) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and has vowed to kick off a campaign to take along all the stake-holders and the upcoming assembly members…
Access denied: Legislation on RTI remains unlikely
PRESS RELEASE With only a few weeks left before the provincial government’s tenure ends, legislation on the right to information (RTI) is unlikely to see the light of day – even if the last session of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly…
Govt urged to enact access to information law
PRESS RELEASE Peshawar: (February 26, 2013) Out of total 25 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), only two districts provided copies of education and health budget books in response to the information requests filed by Centre for Governance and Public Accountability…
Enactment of law on access to information sought
PRESS RELEASE The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability, a non-governmental organisation demanded for enactment of law on “Access to Information” as per the international best practices of rights in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The constitutional right of citizens is being continuously…