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Law on right to information not being extended to Pata

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa senior minister for local government and rural development Inayatullah Khan on Monday complained despite repeated requests, the federal government was not extending the KP Right to Information Act 2013 to the Provincially Administrated Tribal Areas (Pata).…

Govt takes flak for sluggish development spending

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA), a non-governmental organization, on Monday criticized the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government over sluggish development spending. In a statement issued here, the CGPA said the spending details available on the provincial…

Most departments fail to implement RTI law

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) on Tuesday said that a scorecard it had prepared revealed poor implementation of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) law by different departments. A statement issued here said…

Inequity marks distribution of uplift funds among MPAs

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government allocated Rs 4.3 billion to Peshawar, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi and Swat district out of Rs8.5 billion development funds doled out to the lawmakers from across the province during the last fiscal year, 2014-15,…

KP utilized less than half of uplift funds this fiscal

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA), a nongovernmental organisation, on Friday urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to expedite utilisation of funds for Annual Development Programme as it could only utilise 45 per cent with 25 days…

Provincial status for Fata being considered

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: A proposal is under consideration in Islamabad to give the Federally Administered Tribal Areas the status of a separate province, a consultative seminar on tribal region was told here on Tuesday. “A cell in the presidency is looking…

Helpline for easy access to information

PRESS RELEASE PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Commission (RTIC) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) to install a toll-free helpline with a view to facilitate the citizens in…

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