Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb laid before the House "The Right of Access to Information Bill, 2017".The chair referred the bill to the Standing Committee concerned for report.The bill has been introduced to ensure that the citizens of Pakistan may have the ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) The Senate's Select Committee on Right to Information (RTI) Bill 2016 on Tuesday unanimously decided to drop the clause for "whistleblowers" from the bill. The meeting chaired by Farhatullah Babar thoroughly discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the clause and then ...

KARACHI: (APP) The Sindh Assembly Monday passed the Sindh Transparency and Right to Information Bill 2016 into law here. The bill was presented by the Sindh Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Food, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro. The session began with recitation from the Holy Quran and Naat Sharif with ...

ISLAMABAD: Senate Select Committee, yesterday, unanimously adopted the Right to Information (RTI) Bill 2016 tabled by the government as it made mandatory upon the state institutions concerned to provide information about the missing persons within three days. The RTI bill is aimed at replacing the ...

PESHAWAR (APP): Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Pervaiz Rashid Thursday assured the PFUJ delegates from across the country that Right to Information Bill would be presented to the federal cabinet in a few days for approval.The bill would ensure right of access ...

KARACHI: (APP) The Federal Secretary Information, Boradcasting and National Heritage Syed Imran Gardezi said here on Saturday that the present elected government was fully aware of importance of the media and was taking all necessary steps to help resolve their problems.The government had also ...