Although the organization is earning its revenues from the sale of commercial and media rights but it is worth to note that all the activities carried out by the organization are based on the cricket stadiums/grounds constructed on the leased land, owned by the government. All offices of… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1859-04/22 Abdullah Malik Vs Pakistan Cricket Board
The Appellant has also sought specific information about the consumer numbers of meters pertaining to WAPDA employees and the date wise status of each meter. The Respondent has maintained that it does not keep such records. The stance of the Respondent, WAPDA that it does not maintain record… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1855-04/22 M. Saeed Ahmed Vs Water and Power Development Authority
This commission takes strong exception to the fact that the Respondent, Senate Secretariat, instead of responding to the information request under the provisions of the Act, 2017 and keeping into consideration earlier Orders of the commission involving Senate Secretariat, it has again submitted arguments on which this commission… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1839-04/22 Nadeem Umer Vs Senate Secretariat
The Respondent has provided all the requested information by the Appellant other than the details of transfer and posting of the Appellant. The Respondent itself stated that “directions regarding provisions of available record has conveyed to the concern”. This commission holds that the Respondent, during the process of… Read More »Order on Appeal No E107-04/21 Talha Sohail Vs National Highway and Motorway Police
This commission maintains that access to minutes of meeting of 44 and 45 meeting of PSEB’s Board as requested by the Appellant cannot be denied on the grounds of lis alibi pendens. This commission has maintained through its different Orders that pendency of the writ petition between the… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1669-01/22 Sajid Iqbal Vs Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication
This commission has held through its earlier Orders that minutes of official meetings, noting on the files and intermediary opinions are exempted from disclosure under Section 7 only if final decision has not been taken on the issue being deliberated upon in official meetings. Once final decision has… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1895-05/22 Shah Mohiuddin Vs Federal Board of Revenue
Mohammad Azam, Chief Information Commissioner held that the information requested by the appellant, in the form of shapefile, may, prima facie, facilitate the commercial interests of the appellant at the cost of national security. Furthermore, using PIC platform for obtaining information which is already available in other formats… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1816-03/22 Salman Shabbir Vs Pakistan Bureau of Statistic
This commission maintains that the Act, 2017 does not provide blanket exemption to an FIR. This commission holds that merely because certain portions in an FIR may contain private information about an identifiable individual, it does not mean that an FIR can be exempted from disclosure in its… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1680-01/22 Saddia Mazhar Vs Federal Investigation Agency
This commission holds that the Register containing information about sanctioned posts is a legal requirement under CUI (CIT) Financial Rules clause 15 (b)(xii) Sanctioned Posts Register must be kept on an on-going basis. This commission also maintains that information maintained in the Register pertaining to sanctioned posts under… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1827-03/22 M. Raza Ahmed Vs Comsats University Islamabad
The instant Appeal, yet again demonstrates lack of understanding on the part of public bodies about their obligations with regard to the implementation of the Act, 2017.In the instant Appeal, the Respondent has invoked time-barred clause of the Act, 2017 for not providing the requested information to the… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1883-04/22 Muhammad Adnan Asif Vs National Tariff Commission