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Order on Appeal No 673-10/20 Shazia Mehboob Vs Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was directed to provide the Appellant certified details of funds released by the government to media groups in the year 2019 and 2020. (Total amount of funds and its year wise break-up). Certified details of the funds released by the government to journalists’ bodies in the year 2019 and 2020. (Fund year wise break-up). Certified list of journalists’ bodies which received funds during past two years (Separate details of funds to each journalist body).  Certified copy of criteria / policy document under which government release funds to journalists’ bodies. Information about the mechanism adopted to keep check and balance over the utilization of its released funds to journalists’ bodies.

The ministry was directed to put contact details of its designated Public Information Officer on its web site as required under Section 5 (1) (h)of the Act and submit notification to this effect to this commission within 10 working days of the receipt of this Order.

The ministry was directed to proactively publish through its web site all categories of information as required under Section 5 of the Act and submit the compliance report to the commission in the Template for the Compliance Report-Proactive Disclosure of Information under Section 5 of the Right of Access to Information Act 2017’. This template is available under ‘Information Desk’ category at the web site of the commission www.rti.gov.pk. The compliance report be submitted to this commission by 23/12/2020.

The ministry was directed to ensure accessibility of the information proactively published on its web site under Section 5 of the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 for all citizens, including the blind, low-vision, physically disabled, speech and hearing impaired and people with other disabilities and submit compliance report to this effect using ‘Web accessibility checklist’.  This checklist is available under ‘Information Desk’ category at the web site of the commission www.rti.gov.pk. The compliance report be submitted to this commission by 23/12/2020.

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