This commission holds that disclosure of the requested information is not permissible under the Act, 2017 in the interest of public order. This commission also maintains that the identity of a complainant to the official against whom the complaint is lodged can only be disclosed after a certain… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1898-05/22 Mustaq Ahmed Vs Pakistan Citizen Portal
The Respondent, NLC has submitted before this commission that “that after thorough scrutiny from 1998 to 2004 it is found that no such inquiry was ever shared with National Logistic Cell”. This commission holds that the Respondent, NLC can only provide the information it is custodian of. Download… Read More »Order on Appeal No 2078-07/22 Muhammad Saeed Vs National Logistic Cell
Although the Respondent has admitted that the contract is not traceable, this commission believes that the Respondent was obligated to seek consent of the third party whether or not the requested information can be provided to the Appellant as required under the Act, 2017 had the contract been… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1743-02/22 M. Sharafat Ali Vs Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited
The record available on the file demonstrates that the Appellant is the legal heir of his father whom the Respondent issued dealership. The Respondent has not raised the issue that the dealership was not issued to the father of the legal heir who has filed request to information.… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1865-04/22 M. Awais Vs Pakistan State Oil
This commission maintains that the comments that have been forwarded to the Federal Shariat Court have attained finality at the level of the Respondent, the Ministry of Human Rights. It is right of citizens to know the stance of the Ministry of Human Rights in the forms of… Read More »Order on Appeal No E266-04/22 Aamir Baloch Vs. Ministry of Human Rights
Mr. Syed Shahid Raza filed an application under the Right of Access to the Information Act, 2017. Through the application dated 02-07-2021 addressed to the acting Registrar, Wafaqi Urdu University, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, he has sought the certified copies of question papers of all the subjects of Social Sciences… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1429-11/2021 Syed Shahid Raza Vs Wafaqi Urdu University, Karachi
The appellant has desired the list of officers working in or with the State Bank of Pakistan who are holding dual citizenship or got married to a foreign national and are providing their services or consultancy (temporary / regular / part time) to the local or international (or… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1693-01/2022 Rana Abrar Khalid Vs State Bank of Pakistan
The appellant has desired the list of officers working in or with the Federal Board of Revenue who are holding dual citizenship or got married to a foreign national and are providing their services or consultancy (temporary / regular / part time) to the local or international (or… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1690-01/2022 Rana Abrar Khalid Vs Federal Board of Revenue
The appellant has requested the total number of the persons, their merit and the list of temporary godown staff who was regularized in the year 1991 and 1995 in the Cror Pakka Branch of National Bank of Pakistan and has inquired whether the desired number of vacant seats… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1504-12-2021 Mian Mohammad Altaf Vs National Bank of Pakistan
Arguments that “the Superior Courts do publish Annual Reports on their working giving, amongst other things, the details of yearwise institution/disposal/pendency of cases for information of the general public” and that “Such reports as well as other necessary information pertaining to the composition of Courts, etc., are also… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1409-10/21 Syed Muhammad Irfan Pirzada Vs Registrar, Islamabad High Court