The categories of information to be proactively disclosed under Section 5 of the Act have no bearing on the independence of the judiciary. Similarly, the information to be provided to the applicants under Section 6 of the Act is also not in conflict with the independence of the… Read More »Order on Appeal No E175-10/21 Ch. Abdus Sattar Vs Registrar, Supreme Court of Pakistan
In the instant appeal, the Appellant has sought access to policy “to remove access barriers at the work place so that the officers with different disabilities could perform their official duties on equal basis with others”, those official duties include, inter alia, getting ‘access to official records in… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1418-10/21 Azaz Syed Vs Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This commission holds that the requested information pertains to a matter of public importance and its disclosure is warranted both by the letter and spirit of the Act, 2017. This commission has held through its different Orders that merit list, interview marks allotted to the candidates, copies of… Read More »Order on Appeal No 2060-07/22 M. Adil Shah Vs Federal Government Employees Housing Authority
In the instant appeal, the Respondent failed to provide written acknowledgement of the request for information filed by the citizen as required under Section 10 (1) of the Act. The Respondent also failed in adhering to the timeline for responding to the information requests as required under Section… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1821-03/22 Aashir Ali Vs Establishment Division
While the Minister-in-Charge is required to record reasons for exempting requested information/records from disclosure, the following needs to be kept in mind while recording the reasons: (a) If the requested information is disclosed, whether it will cause harm, or, will it be in the public interest, if citizens… Read More »Interim Order on Appeal No 1901-05/21 Ambreen Kanwal Vs. Economic Affairs Division
This commission maintains that there is no provision in the “2017 Act”, to create another official record, based on originally requested record, to share with the Appellant, if the public body decides that the originally requested record cannot be shared. This commission holds that the record available with… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1928-05/22 Suhaib Qaiser Vs. Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
This commission holds that the Respondent, Pakistan Navy has provided all the permissible information declared public under the “2017 Act”. The mandate of the commission is to decide on whether the requested information is public information under the “2017 Act” and whether or not the permissible information has… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1970-06/22 Mumtaz Hussain Vs. Pakistan Navy
This commission holds that the disclosure of requested “list of applicants, who applied for obtaining “Zone Developer License” under STZA laws, till the receipt of this letter” is not permissible under the Act, 2017. This list cannot be disclosed as mere filing of an application by an entity… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1937-05/22 Bol Interprises Vs Special Technology Zone Authority
This commission holds that the access to the requested information in the instant Appeal about the recruitments in Allama Iqbal Open University is a matter of public importance and its disclosure is warranted under the provisions of the Act, 2017. This commission issued a detailed Order in Appeal… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1849-04/22 Dr. Muhammad Shiraz Vs Allama Iqbal Open University
This commission holds that so far as the requested information about “the two janitors who lost their lives working inside a CBC sewer gutter at the intersection of Kheaban e Shaheen and Muhafiz on the evening of 15 June 2022 regular or contracted or retired employees of CBC”… Read More »Order on Appeal No 2066-07/22 Amena Khan Vs Cantonment Board Clifton