This commission holds that the Respondent, instead of dwelling upon the motives of the Appellant for seeking the information, should have decided on his request for information under the provisions of the Act, 2017. This commission holds that every citizen of Pakistan has locus standi to seek information… Read More »Order on Appeal No E224-02/22 M. Zafar Vs Ministry of Defence Production
The Respondent has submitted before this commission that it withdrew the Summary dated 29-01-2021 based on which the Prime Minister constituted the Committee to submit its report on the issue of seniority of the SST teachers. The Respondent has also submitted that the Prime Minister gave approval of… Read More »Intikhab Hussain Vs Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training
While the Appellant has shown satisfaction with the response of the Respondent, BISP, he has submitted before this commission that “list of the officers shared as Annex-I, II and III are not readable”. This commission holds that as the information provided by the Respondent is not legible, the… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1913-05/22 Nadeem Umer Vs Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority
While the Appellant has shown satisfaction with the response of the Respondent, BISP, he has submitted before this commission that “list of the officers shared as Annex-I, II and III are not readable”. This commission holds that as the information provided by the Respondent is not legible, the… Read More »Order on Appeal No 749-12/20 Nadeem Umer Vs Benazir Income Support Program
This commission holds that the Respondent was required to provide simple Yes/No answer to the query of the Appellant about the minority quota in the WAPDA sports department based on information available on the record. Similarly, if there is minority quota, the Respondent should have provided requested information… Read More »Order on Appeal No E238-02/22 Dilraj Gill Vs WAPDA Sports Board
The categories of information to be proactively disclosed under Section 5 of the Act have no bearing on the independence of the judiciary. Similarly, the information to be provided to the applicants under Section 6 of the Act is also not in conflict with the independence of the… Read More »Order on Appeal No E175-10/21 Ch. Abdus Sattar Vs Registrar, Supreme Court of Pakistan
In the instant appeal, the Appellant has sought access to policy “to remove access barriers at the work place so that the officers with different disabilities could perform their official duties on equal basis with others”, those official duties include, inter alia, getting ‘access to official records in… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1418-10/21 Azaz Syed Vs Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This commission holds that the requested information pertains to a matter of public importance and its disclosure is warranted both by the letter and spirit of the Act, 2017. This commission has held through its different Orders that merit list, interview marks allotted to the candidates, copies of… Read More »Order on Appeal No 2060-07/22 M. Adil Shah Vs Federal Government Employees Housing Authority
In the instant appeal, the Respondent failed to provide written acknowledgement of the request for information filed by the citizen as required under Section 10 (1) of the Act. The Respondent also failed in adhering to the timeline for responding to the information requests as required under Section… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1821-03/22 Aashir Ali Vs Establishment Division
While the Minister-in-Charge is required to record reasons for exempting requested information/records from disclosure, the following needs to be kept in mind while recording the reasons: (a) If the requested information is disclosed, whether it will cause harm, or, will it be in the public interest, if citizens… Read More »Interim Order on Appeal No 1901-05/21 Ambreen Kanwal Vs. Economic Affairs Division