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Order on Appeal No. 788-12/20 Syed Kausar Abbas Vs Ministry of Narcotics Control

Public Information Officer, Ministry of Narcotics Control is directed to share with the Appellant the requested information about the current status of the availability of the following information on its web site within 7 working days of the receipt of this Order.  Secretary, Ministry of Narcotics Control is directed to submit compliance report to the commission describing current availability status of the following information on the web site as well as time-frame for publication of each missing information/record on web site within 7 working days of the receipt of this Order:

  1. directory of the officers of the public body, containing information about total sanctioned posts, filled/vacant posts, responsibilities of officers and information about its functions and services provided by the public body;
  2. Act and the Rules of the public body, its regulations, bye-laws, orders and notifications;
  3. manuals and policies of the public body;
  4. relevant facts and background information relating to important policies and decisions undertaken by a public body;
  5. statement of policies adopted by the public body;
  6. criteria, standards or guidelines under which officers of the public body exercise their discretionary powers;
  7. terms and conditions for acquiring any license, permit, consent, approval, grant, allotment or other benefits;
  8. terms and conditions for all kinds of agreements and contracts;
  9. particulars about the recipients of any concession, permit, license or authorization granted by the public body;
  10. information about decision making processes of the public body and information about how citizens can provide their input to the public body;
  11. Detailed budget of the public body; including proposed and actual expenditures, original or revised revenue targets, actual revenue, receipts, revision in the approved budget and the supplementary budget;
  12. The methods for seeking information from the public body;
  13. Schedule of costs, developed by Pakistan Information Commission, (available on the commission’s web site) for seeking information from federal public bodies;
  14. name, title, E-mail and telephone number of the Public Information Officer notified under the Right of Access to Information Act 2017;

performance reports, audit reports, evaluation reports, inquiry or investigative reports and other reports that have been finalized.

The commission held that the implementation of Section 5 of the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 would help citizens exercise their constitutional right of access to information in matters of public importance if federal public bodies put details of the method methods for seeking information from the public bodies. In this connection, each federal public body is legally obligated to put Schedule of costs, developed by Pakistan Information Commission, (available on the commission’s web site) for seeking information from federal public bodies on its web site. Furthermore, each federal public body is legally obligated to put name, title, E-mail and telephone number of the Public Information Officer notified under the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 on its web site, a crucial piece of information which few public bodies have put on their web sites.

 

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