A couple of years ago a video of a Black Bear in a state of zoochosis at the Bahria Orchard Zoo in Lahore went viral. Zoochosis is a phenomenon of repetitive behaviour patterns exhibited by animals that have been kept in enclosed spaces. It is a sign of stress in animals.
PILAP wrote an RTI to the Punjab Forest, Wildlife and Fisheries Department asking about the measures taken to ensure that animals at this particular zoo specifically, and across the Province generally, are treated humanely and given sufficient enclosure spaces that meet international standards as well as other healthy activities and companionship.
Given large-scale power outages in Karachi, which are not only an inconvenience to domestic users in the extreme summer heat but also hamper industrial growth, PILAP wrote an RTI to
What’s at Stake A Children’s Protection Centre has been under construction in the Korangi area of Karachi since 2010 under the Sindh Government. To this day it has not seen
What’s at Stake In 2021, the Federal Government fixed the minimum wage at Rs. 20,000. Unfortunately, most janitors and sanitary workers are not paid even this amount. Current Status PILAP
What’s at Stake In late July 2021, during heavy rains in the capital, two lives were lost due to unregulated construction along a nullah. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is
What’s at Stake The Right of Access to Information Act, 2017 requires the principal officer of each public body to publish, including upload on the internet, the “detailed budget of
