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
In 2020, news reports stated that Cantonment Board Clifton was planning a beach development along a stretch of Seaview Beach in Karachi. No Environmental Impact Assessment necessitating public participation in the process, as required by the law, seemed to have taken place. Given the delicate nature of the environment in the proposed project area, PILAP wrote an RTI to the Sindh Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Cantonment Board Clifton asking why the requisite environmental assessments had not taken place and how the environment was sought to be protected.