In the instant Appeal, the Public Information Officer intimated the Appellant that the requested information was available in FBR’s Yearbook, placed on FBR’s Website. While this response is appreciable, the PIO should have checked whether the requested information is easily available identifiable in the report made available on… Read More »Order on Appeal No. 1222-07/21 Jamil Akhter Baig Vs Federal Board of Revenue
This commission holds that the general query of seeking ‘reasons’ pertaining to the unregulated construction along the nullah in E-11/3 that caused the flood damage and resulting deaths constitutes ‘request for information’ under Section 11 (3) of the Act. While the Appellant has not specifically mentioned access to… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1345-09/21 Pervez Said Vs Capital Development Authority
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
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
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
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