Punjab issues hasty ordinance giving bureaucrats the real say - thenews.com.pk
Punjab’s Right to Information law, promulgated through an ordinance, appears to be a good piece of legislation on the face of it but the devil is in the detail. The all-important information commission will be handpicked by the chief minister and it will decide what information to release.
shame on shebaz sharif and pmln
"Minsiter Information chairs meeting of Select Committee for Right to Information"
A meeting of the Select Committee for Right to Information was held under the chairmanship of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Public Relations Shah Farman at the Conference Room of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Peshawar on Thursday.
Those attended the meeting included Deputy Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Imtiaz Shahid, provincial Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Israrullah Khan Gandapur, MPAs Syed Jaffar Shah, Shah Hussain Khan, Arbab Akbar Hayat, Amna Sardar, Qurban Ali and Muhammad Ali, Secretary Information Azmat Hanif Orakzai, Secretary Law Muhammad Arifeen and other concerned officers.
During the meeting the amendments presented by MPAs Syed Jaffar Shah and Amna Sardar were discussed in detail. The meeting also held detailed discussion on the access to information by the common man, establishment of good governance, transparency of government affairs and performance of the democratic institutions.
The meeting also discussed the proposed amendments in the Right to Information Bill.
It was stated in the meeting that the Information Commission should be consisted of three members. However, final decision in this connection will be made in the next meeting.
Members of the committee also debated duties of members of the commission and postponed the meeting till October 17 Monday 10 am for further discussion on the duties of the commission and its members
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I am studying both drafts (Punjab and KP's RTI) and will come back with a detailed comparison.