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Order on Appeal No 309-02/20 Waseem Elahi Vs Election Commission of Pakistan

Secretary, Election Commission of Pakistan, (ECP) was directed to provide the requested information to the Appellant about Number of citizens who applied/requested for cancellation/deletion of their votes from voter list in year 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 to date; whether Election Commission processed cancellation / deletion of vote(s) on the specific request of citizen(s) in these years; list of  citizens who preferred cancellation / deletion of vote from voter list with brief cause of their request; If someone request cancellation / deletion of vote to Election Commission then whether his data will appear if he send SMS at 8300 and whether Election Commission has devised rights & duties for voters and public representatives, If yes, provide copies.

Secretary, ECP was directed to ensure that any information of personal nature like health condition, financial details, personal communication, CNIC details, phone numbers and residential addresses of citizens is not made public while implementing directions of the commission in paras 17 and 18 of this Order.

Secretary, ECP was directed to notify Public Information Officer, (PIO), under Section 9 of the Act, put the notification to this effect on its web site as required under Section 5 (1) (b) of the Act, put name, designation and contact details of the PIO on its web site as required under Section 5 (1) (h) of the Act and submit compliance report to the commission within 10 working days of the receipt of this order.

Secretary, ECP was also directed to take immediate steps to proactively share through the web site all categories of information mentioned in Section 5 of the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 and submit the compliance report to the commission in the Template for the Compliance Report-Proactive Disclosure of Information under Section 5 of the Right of Access to Information Act 2017’. This template is available under ‘Information Desk’ category at the web site of the commission www.rti.gov.pk.  The compliance report be submitted to this commission by 03/12/2020.

Secretary, ECP was also directed to ensure accessibility of the information proactively published on its web site under Section 5 of the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 for all citizens,  including the blind, low-vision, physically disabled, speech and hearing impaired and people with other disabilities and submit compliance report to this effect using ‘Web accessibility checklist’.  This checklist is available under ‘Information Desk’ category at the web site of the commission www.rti.gov.pk. The compliance report be submitted to this commission by 03/12/2020.

The commission observed that it is only through this Act that the information proactively published under Section 5 of the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 is required, as interpreted through various judgements of the commission, has to be ‘accessible’ for all citizens, including the blind, low-vision, physically disabled, speech and hearing impaired and people with other disabilities. This commission has been ensuring through its Orders that the public bodies incorporate of web accessibility standards in the design of their web sites.

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