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Order on Appeal No 1397-10/21 Popular Goods Transport Vs PASSCO

The applicants are not required to establish locus standi for exercising their right of access to information. The communication of an applicant with a public body constitutes requests for information if it fulfils requirements under Section 11 (3) of the Act, 2017 as is the case in the instant Appeal.
The Respondent PASCO stated that “the complainant has approached this Hon’ble commission with mala fide intention and malice just to malign the PASSCO authority”. Federal Public bodies are required to decide on requests for information under the provisions of the Act, 2017 and not the supposed intentions of the applicants.
This commission holds that all requested records related to the award of the contract vide a Tender Notice invited sealed bids for transportation services for shifting of 1,500,000(+10\%) metric tons Imported Wheat from Karachi Port Trust Bin Qasim/FAP Marine Terminal and Gwadar Ports to PASSCO designated zones should not only be provided to the Appellant but should be proactively disclosed under Section 5 and 6 of the Act, 2017.
This commission is of the view that documents submitted by firms/individuals to a public body in order to get contracts are public documents as these documents reveal level of competence of the firms/individuals to carry out tasks funded by the tax-payers of the country. Furthermore, the bidding documents help officials in deciding awarding or otherwise of projects to a firm.

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