PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Expressing his concern over the alarming dropout rate at government schools, Minister for Local Government Inayatullah Khan said public problems can only be resolved once powers are devolved to the union council level. Inayatullah was addressing a seminar…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The overall literacy rate in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is 52% which falls short of the national average of 60%. This was said at a session on social accountability in education organised by the Center for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA)…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability, a civil society organisation, on Thursday urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to extend the right to information law to the provincially administered tribal areas for the benefit of the people.…
PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) has urged the government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to expedite the use of the development budget allocated under the Annual Development Programme (ADP). This was stated in a press release issued by…
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…