Islamabad, September 05, 2019: Access to service records of bank employee cannot be denied to an employee by regarding them as ‘transactions’ under the State Bank of Pakistan Prudential Regulation M-3. In his appeal filed with the commission, Mr. Abdul Samad Sarla maintained that he worked as Godom… Read More »National Bank directed to provide service records to its former employee
Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation was directed to take steps audit its financial statements, share the same with the appellant once audited and submit the compliance report to the commission. The respondent is also directed to notify public information officer as required by Section 9 of the Right of Access… Read More »Order on Appeal No 010-03/19 Ms. Faiza Hassan Vs Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation
NBP maintained that service record of the bank employee could not be shared under State Bank of Pakistan Prudential Regulation M-3 regarding record retention and that such records were kept only for five years. The commission maintained that service records of an employee are public records under Section… Read More »Appeal No. 033/03/19: Abdul Samad Sarla Vs President, National Bank of Pakistan
Islamabad, August 27, 2019: Federal public bodies are now legally bound to provide free of cost the first fifty pages of the information requested under the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 and only rupees two per page will be charged for every extra page by a… Read More »Pakistan Information Commission notify Schedule of Costs for getting information from federal public bodies
FBR sought exemption on the grounds that information about total number of sanctioned posts, total number of employee’s male and female ratio of employees and total number of transgender and disabled employees would reveal confidential source of information. The commission maintained that mere referral to an exemption clause… Read More »Appeal No. 052/06/19: Mukhtar Ahmed Ali Vs Federal Board of Revenue, Islamabad