The Appellant requested state bank of Pakistan, to provide him Copies of documents which were got signed by the Bank for opting Pension Scheme, Copy of the Pension Scheme which was then applicable to me with all its amendments, up to date and also copies of the documents got signed by the Bank at the time of my retirement from Bank’s Service, for issuing my pension.
This Commission has directed the Public Information Officer / Director, Legal Services Department, State Bank of Pakistan to provide the information requested with intimation to this office, at the earliest, but in any case, not later than 10 working days of the receipt of this Order.
The Respondent is also directed to take immediate steps to proactively share through the web site all categories of information mentioned in Section 5 of the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 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 within 30 days of the receipt of this Order.
The Respondent is 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 at the earliest but not later than 10 working days of the receipt of this Order.