So far as the request for access to the “list of employees (including the above) promoted by PSEB since 1995 with dates” is concerned, the commission is of the view that disclosure of this list along with all the records/information pertaining to their promotion is also in public… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1734-02/22 Sajid Iqbal Vs Pakistan Software Export Board
The record available on the file suggests that the Appellant has sought information about ‘number’ of publications of Dr Irshad which was duly provided by the Respondent on the intervention of this commission. The Appellant later expanded his original ‘request for information’ and sought access to the list… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1588-12/21 Dr Saeed Ahmed Vs Allama Iqbal Open University
This commission maintains that as far as the date and the method of the approval of the requested information about “the draft rules framed by the Chairman Federal Public Service Commission for CSS Examination” is concerned, this requested information is also available with the Cabinet Division in the… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1439-11/21 Irfan Jahangir Wattoo Vs Cabinet Division and Establishment Division
It needs to be understood that Section 11 of the 2018 Ordinance prohibits the disclosure of “particulars of any person making a declaration under this Ordinance or any information received in any declaration made under this Ordinance” which is not the case in the instant Appeal. In the… Read More »Order on Appeal No 984-04/21 Waheed Shahzad Butt Vs Federal Board of Revenue
This commission holds that the access to the requested information in the instant Appeal is a matter of public importance. This commission has already settled issue at hand in Appeal No. 942-03/21, Abdullah Rashed Waraich Vs. Pakistan Housing Authority Foundation which was upheld by the Honourable Islamabad High… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1847-03/22 Roshan Ali Vs National Technology Council
This commission maintains that the Respondent, Deputy Commissioner Office is custodian of application submitted by Mr Khurram Reza Qureshi for cancellation of the license no ID- 0013086 (. As such, certified copy of the application should have been provided to the Appellant, blanking out privacy related information such… Read More »Order on Appeal No E141-08/21 M. Nouman Qureshi Vs. Deputy Commissioner Islamabad
This commission holds that requested information about plots booked on installments and given possession by MPCHS, Plots booked on full payments/Lumps sum payment and given possession by MPCHS, details of plots given possession after 21.05.2018 and list of all the plots cancelled by MPCHS in all blocks of… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1641-01/22 Nuzhat Zahra Vs Co-Operative Housing Society
This commission maintains that the requested certified copies of records pertaining to Correspondence, recommendations and decisions, if any, in relation to nay proposal/ summary that the Ministry has received /moved for the creation of posts of Cashier/ Accountant or any other staff with competence / skills for managing… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1388-10/21 Mukhtar Ahmed Ali Vs Ministry of Interior
While all federal public bodies are required to proactively publish all finalised reports and the records retrieved during the process of the enquiry, some of these reports, or, some parts thereof may be exempted from disclosure on legitimate concerns. The Act, 2017 itself recognizes the need for withholding… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1658-01/22 Dr Usman Ghani Vs Ministry of Industries and Production
The Respondent has submitted before this commission that “on receipt of implementation applications from the complainant, implementation meeting was held on 25.11.21 and was adjourned for 21.12”. It is reasonable to conclude that this meeting with the officials of the Agency concerned was held after written communication with… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1520-12/21 Yousaf Bhatti Vs Wafaqi Mohtasib ( Ombudsman)