PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Advisor to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arif Yousaf has said that Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf-led government has discussed 114 laws in the provincial assembly in which 35 laws have so far been passed by the legislators. This he…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: A year has passed since the Right to Information Act (RTI) was passed by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly, but it is yet to be extended to the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) due to ‘legislative hurdles’, officials told The…
PRESS RELEASE The participants of a ceremony on the launch of a research report ‘FATA, Between Constitutional Ambiguity and Violation of Human Rights’ on Tuesday underscored the need for amending or abolishing Article 247 of constitution of Pakistan. The research…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government intends to enact the Right to Compulsory Education Bill soon. The provincial government is presently considering the financial implications of the bill and the actual need of enrolment of an estimated 2.5 million out-of-school children,…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) urged citizens of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab to use the Right to Information law to improve transparency and accountability in public service delivery. Filing requests for information under these laws…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Right to Public Services Act 2013 will bring improvements in public service delivery, Right to Services Commission Chief Hanif Orakzai said on Monday. Orakzai was addressing a seminar organized jointly by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
PRESS RELEASE The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA), organized awareness seminar on KP Right to Information Act 2013, in district Kohat on Wednesday. Professor Kaleemullah, Commissioner Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Commission said that RTI is to strengthen…
PRESS RELEASE The Right to Information law is meant to empower citizens and they should own it, said Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Commissioner for Right to Information Commission Professor Kalimullah. Kalimullah was speaking at an awareness seminar organised by the Centre for Governance…
PRESS RELEASE Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) demands the President of Pakistan and Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province to extend Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) Act 2013 to Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA). The KP RTI Law was enacted…
PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, July 09, 2014 – Peshawar—Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) has hailed Elementary and Secondary Education Department (E&SED) for recent initiative to proactively disclose Education Management Information System (EMIS) data on its website. Muhammad Anwar, Executive…