RIGHT TO INFORMATION LAWS At their core, right to information laws, whether domestic, international or foreign, reflect the idea that government is meant to serve the people. It is a
PILAP wrote an RTI request to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs inquiring into the recommendations given to the provinces for the issuance of Houbara Bustard hunting licenses. The Ministry did not respond to our request and upon appeal to the Pakistan Information Commission, it alleged that the requested information was confidential as it could have adverse consequences on Pakistan’s international relations with the Middle Eastern countries whose citizens had been issued the licenses. PILAP disagreed and rebutted by saying that the requested information concerned only the protection and conservation of a bird species that has been categorized as being threatened with extinction. PIC has not issued a new order in the case.
RIGHT TO INFORMATION LAWS At their core, right to information laws, whether domestic, international or foreign, reflect the idea that government is meant to serve the people. It is a
During the demolition of the controversial Nasla Tower in Karachi, video footage appeared on social media showing demolition workers involved in dangerous work at great heights. They were seen without
News reports highlighted that the Federal Government in 2009 had struck an agreement with K-Electric whereby it had written-off Rs. 31 billion owed by the power company to the national
During the monsoon rains of July 2020, a part of the historical Bandukwala building on Karachi’s I.I. Chundrigar Road, collapsed. All buildings within the Cantonment area need to be monitored