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)
This commission concurs with the Appellant that “In the absence of this information, it is difficult to establish on what grounds the undersigned was not considered for promotion while candidates without PhD (minimum requirement for promotion) got promoted”. The minutes of the selection board meetings will reveal the… Read More »Order on Appeal No E233-02/21 Dr Farhat Mahmood Vs Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
The appellant has asked for the provision of the (i) authorization for instituting the Writ Petition No. 3039/2021 titled “Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) Vs Chief Settlement Commissioner etc.” before the Lahore High Court, Lahore, (ii) the amount of the Professional fee paid to the learned Counsel / Legal Adviser… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1152-06-2021 Lt. Col. ® Syed Zulifkar Haider Shah Vs Pakistan Rangers (Punjab)
The appellant suffering from the scarce of water supply has desired the detailed cost of refurbishment of the Office of Cantonment Board Clifton and information as to whether this will be audited by the Auditor General of Pakistan. He has also asked for the copy of last Auditors… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1578-12-2021 Ali Adil Muhammadi Vs Cantonment Board Clifton
This commission holds that the requested information available with the Respondent has been provided to the Appellant. Furthermore, the Respondent is not custodian of certain information/records requested by the Appellant and the same has been intimated to the Appellant. It is encouraging to note that more and more… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1593-12/21 Kashif Ali Vs Pakistan Mineral Development Company
The Appellant sought information from the Respondent, NTDCL about steps taken on the enquiry sent by Federal Investigation Agency. The FIA, in its communication with NTDC asked NTDC “to probe the matter” and also shared relevant documents. Federal public bodies are legally bound to share with the citizens… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1357-09/21 Hussain Jahangir Vs NTDCL and Federal Investigation Agency
This commission maintains that the requested information pertains to the functions and services provided by the public body and as such it is public information. These functions and services pertain to issuance of all types of electricity connections in accordance with the laws of the land, current status… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1565-12/21 Rana Abrar Khalid Vs Islamabad Electric Supply Company
This commission maintains that the citizens of Pakistan have the right to know about the amount, if any, paid by the federal government in the account of health insurance for the “aforesaid 1,653,161 (1.65 million) additional “Sehat Insaf Plus card’ holder households of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”, as claimed by… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1688-01/22 Rana Abrar Khalid Vs Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination