The correspondence of the Appellant with the Respondent, Cabinet Division contains suggestions to make Citizens’ Portal more effective and queries of general nature. Furthermore, the Appellant has not sought access to specific records/information, henceforth it cannot be treated as request for information under Section 11 (3) of the… Read More »Order on Appeal No E170-10/21 Syed Talha Ali Hamdani Vs Cabinet Division
The appellant requested Peshawar Electric Supply Company to provide information about the total number of transformers installed at Dheri Maira, Union Council Salhad, Tehsil and District Abbottabad indicating also the capacity, load and location of each one along-with number of connections and out of the above, which transformers… Read More »Order on Appeal No E151-09/21 Rafaqat Waheed Vs Peshawar Electric Supply Company
The appellant requested National Assembly Secretariat to provide information regarding the position advertised for SDG Coordinator based in the SDG Secretariat, National Assembly of Pakistan, in May 2021. In response to the notice of the Commission, the public body submitted a comprehensive response to the application of the… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1304-08/21 Touqeer Ahmed Abbasi Vs National Assembly of Pakistan
The appellant sought following information from Ministry of Energy under the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017, The Summary dated 2 November 2020 put up by the Ministry of Energy (Power Division) to the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet together with all supporting data and all… Read More »Order on Appeal No E85-02/21 Muhammad Kashif Vs Ministry of Energy (Power Division)
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