The Government of Punjab, a state in Pakistan, has requested public comment on “The Punjab Freedom of Information Act 2013.”
The draft was issued Aug. 7 and is available here and here. It has been approved in principle by the Cabinet. Public comments were requested within 15 days to dgprmh@gmail.com.
In the state of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the government is expected to announce a bill soon, according to an article by Umar Cheema in The News.
“It is a good omen to see this healthy competition,” Zahid Abdullah, coordinator of a Coalition of RTI, was quoted as saying.
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