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Issue No: 50
E - Alert
Issue Date: 16-07-2012
NGO exposes farce of freedom of information law
The News International
ISLAMABAD: Right of access to information is a farce in Pakistan and a
non-governmental organization (NGO) has exposed the futility of the law proving
that ...
RTI Act under threat: outgoing Information Commissioner Shailesh
Gandhi
IBNLive.com
Outgoing Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi has warned that
the Right to Information Act is under threat and might become irrelevant in the
next five years.
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IBNLive.com
US Agency Gave Nuclear Industry a Sweet Deal, Documents Reveal
The Independent
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) recently won a two-year
legal battle to secure documents from the U.S. Department of Energy under the
Freedom of Information Act related to nuclear power loan guarantees offered to
utility companies under ...
Babu pays 25000 for denying information
Times of India
In his well reasoned order, Gaikwad said as per the provisions of the
right to information act, it's the responsibility of the department to provide
entire information about the department on its website too, so that for
securing basic information ...
Drug trials claim over 2000 lives in four years
The Hindu
The information was provided by the DCG (I) in response to a Right to
Information query filed by Indore-based medical rights activist Anand Rai. The
reason for such a small number of cases receiving compensation is simple:
Pharma companies conducting ...
RTI activists continue to live in fear
New York Daily News
June 30--Even seven years after the people-friendly Right-To-Information
(RTI) Act was passed by Parliament around this time in 2005, people who use
this legislation to expose corruption continue to live with fear of being
threatened, thrashed and ...
Right to information law faraway dream as departments play spoilsport
Oman Tribune
ISLAMABAD Right of access to information is a farce in Pakistan and a
non-governmental organization (NGO) has exposed the futility of the law proving
that government departments are adamantly refusing to share information with
the public. The NGO ...
Information gap
The News International
Despite there being a right of access to information, government
departments consistently and across the country refuse to share information
with the general public. A national survey was conducted by the CDPI in order
to assess the effectiveness of ...
Zahid Abdullah - Programme Manager
Transparency and Right to Information Program
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Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives, Pakistan (CPDI-Pakistan)
Tel: 051-2101594; 4319430; 2108287
URL: www.cpdi-pakistan.org
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