PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: As Tuesday’s sitting was adjourned owing to a boycott by lawmakers over Baldev Kumar’s appearance, the provincial government could not table a controversial amendment to right to information law. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government had drafted the Right to…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Many civil society organizations have opposed the proposed ‘controversial’ amendments to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act, 2013, declaring the government’s move contrary to the people’s fundamental rights. They also warned that they would challenge those…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to amend its much-appreciated Right to Information (RTI) Act 2013 which is feared to render the law stingless besides hampering its ineffectiveness. The bill seeking amendments to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) has demanded the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to notify rules under the KP Right to Information Act 2013. The demand was made in connection to international right to know day, commemorated…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Awami National Party has secured top slot for its contribution to total business of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly till June 2016, says a report. Centre for Governance and Public Accountability in its report on performance, ranking and analysis…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s revised budgetary estimates for the outgoing year show that the government has not only failed to get its due share from the federal government but also failed to achieve its own tax and non-tax…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability, a non-governmental organization, on Tuesday said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had utilised just 43 per cent of the Annual Development Programme 2015-16 funds by May 26. It called for improvement…
PRESS RELEASE The political parties that are expected to mainstream the tribal areas, are opposing the implementation of the Customs Act in the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata). The ANP, PPP, JI, QWP and PTI are opposing the implementation of…
PRESS RELEASE ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar highlighted that residents of the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) could still be arrested for criticizing the Queen of England as draconian colonial laws were still in force in the region. They called for…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: As many as 688 policemen were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the last six years, with 246 of them sacrificing their lives alone in the capital city. The share of Peshawar in the supreme sacrifice is 35.7…