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Order on Appeal No. 693-11-2020 Taimoor Khan Vs National Assembly Secretariat

A Citizen Taimoor Khan approached the commission stating that he requested some information regarding the speeches of two Members of National Assembly. In response to his information request he received a response from the National Assembly Secretariate stating the requested information is available on the website of the National Assembly. The appellant in his appeal stated that he visited the website of the National Assembly, indeed the notes of the speeches are available on the website, but to find out the speech of any particular member, one has to search the speeches of all sessions of the Assembly. He further alleged that the speeches are not categorized constituency-wise therefore the information is not available in accessible form as required under the Right of Access to Information Act 2017.

The commission after hearing of the appeal decided that the requested information is available on the website of National Assembly i.e. www.na.gov.pk hence, the appeal is not allowed. However, the respondent is directed to make sure the record posted on the official website of the Assembly is in accessible form for all categories of citizens, including the blind, low-vision, speech and hearing impaired and the person with any other disability.

 

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