This commission is of the view that the Appellant has the right to know whether or not the post she worked on has been abolished/retrenched in budget 2021. The certified copies of the correspondence pertaining to the PPA (project Partnership Agreement) 2021 in which UNHCR has made the… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1315-09/21 Shahnaz Begum Vs Ministry of State and Frontier Regions
This Commission holds that mere insertion of clause xxxii of existing conservancy agreement 2020-2021 does not absolve the Respondent from its responsibility to ensure that labour laws of the land are being adhered to by the conservancy contractor with regard to the payment of minimum wages to the… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1339-09/2021 Naeem Sadiq Vs Cantonment Board Malir, Karachi
The appellant, an Overseas Employees Promoter has sought promotion documents of another Overseas Employment Promoter pertaining to the recruitment of 350 workers for Poland. The request is declined for the reasons that demand documents of Overseas Employment Promoter is not a public record as the same is agreed… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1256-08-2021 Major (r) Afzal Ahmad Vs Bureau of Emigration & Overseas Employment
This commission also holds that subsequent issues raised by the Appellant are neither part of the original request for information nor can be treated as request for information under the Act. Download Order
This commission is of the view that the disclosure of requested information about total number of posts (year-wise break up) advertised, till date since May 2015 (From BPS 8 and above), total number of posts advertised, till date on reserved seats for minorities since issuance of quota notification… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1195-07/21 Amjad Khan Vs Pakistan Railways
The disclosure of requested information will reveal the way government property and assets are being managed by the public body and it would shed light on, inter alia, how these precious assets are being protected from the criminal elements. This commission is of the view that the disclosure… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1156-06/21 Muhammad Naeem Vs Ministry of Railways
This commission holds that the Respondent, PMDC is a public body under the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017, a fact admitted by the Respondent when it submitted before this commission that “Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (abbreviate “PMDC”) is a public sector corporate body owned (100%) by… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1108-05/21 Naeem Sadiq Vs Pakistan Mineral Development Coporation
Mr. Murtaza Hashim invoking the right under Article 19A of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan read with Section 11 of the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017 has asked information from the office of the Deputy Secretary (Legislation) / Public Information Officer, Senate Secretariat, Parliament… Read More »Order on Appeal No E-71-01-2021 Murtaza Hashim Vs Senate Secretariat
The brief facts of the appeal are that Mr. Syed Ibrar Hussain Shah Kazmi states that he is holding insurance policy no. CLW 17961-PR and since 2008 is regularly depositing the instalments in the insurance fund of the post office as per Insurance Fund Rules. He alleges that… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1275-08-2021 Syed Ibrar Hussain Shah Kazmi Vs Postal Life Insurance
This commission holds that minutes of meetings and notings on the file can only be disclosed once final decision has been taken. Furthermore, minutes of meetings and notings on the file cannot be disclosed if these hit any of the exceptions clauses of Section 16 of the Act… Read More »Order on Appeal No E24-01/21 Mubeen Mehr Vs Ministry of Foreign Affairs