PRESS RELEASE Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) demanded the abolishment of Article 247 of Constitution of Pakistan, as the Article awards non-representative and undemocratic status to Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA). The…
PRESS RELEASE Islamabad: It was expected that provincial right to information law, first promulgated as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Ordinance 2013 on August 17, 2013 and later turned into an Act of provincial assembly on October 31, 2013 will usher…
PRESS RELEASE Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) shows strong reservations on undue delay in presenting Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) Bill for KP Governor’s assent. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor promulgated KP RTI Ordinance on August 13, 2013, and just before lapsing of the…
PRESS RELEASE Participants in a seminar on “Analysis of Education and Health Budget” of district Peshawar have stressed the need for participation of local community and relevant stakeholders in the budget-making process, urging the budgetary allocation should be made as per…
PRESS RELEASE Representatives of NGOs strongly opposed the proposed amendments to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Right to Information Ordinance 2013 through which the provincial assembly has been exempted from accessing to basic information. Addressing a news conference at Peshawar Press Club, the…
PRESS RELEASE Participants at a training workshop on “Budget Advocacy and Accountability” have stressed the need for disclosure of budget document and other financial information to general public through various means, which is now essential after promulgation of Right to…
PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, September 04, 2013 – Peshawar—Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Secretary Information and Public Relations Azmat Hanif Orakzai has said that access to information was the due right of every human being and the KP Right to Information Ordinance (RTIO) will…
PRESS RELEASE Participants at an awareness seminar highlighted the significance of promulgation of Right to Information Ordinance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and demanded the law should be extended to divisional headquarters, Provincially Administrative Tribal Areas (Pata) and Fata also. “The access…
PRESS RELEASE Welcoming the promulgation of “Right to Information Ordinance 2013 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”, a civil society organisation has demanded that all relevant stakeholders to be consulted before its formal approval by the provincial legislator assembly, to make it more…