Ground Report: Peshawar: Thursday,
November 10, 2016.
Right to
Information RTI Commission started proper working in March 2014 after the
enactment of RTI Act 2013 pass by the present provincial assembly in October
2013.
Objective of
the RTI is to ensure transparency and accountability in Public departments by
providing the right to access to information to general public.
The RTI
Commission has nominated more than 600 Public Information Officers throughout
the province to facilitate the information seekers.
These PIOs
has facilitated more than 4732 requests since 2014 till date besides
entertaining 2562 complaints at the commission’s end.
RTI
Commission has kicked off an instantaneous media campaign to pass the enactment
of RTI law to general masses. For this purpose broachers, pamphlets, posters
annual reports had been published from time to time to promote the RTI cause,
besides installation of Billboards at highways at district and provincial level.
Likewise,
awareness activities were also carried out on social media where a dedicated
team supervised by the IT Section of RTIC. The pages can be accessed from the
following links i.e. KP RTI Commission and twitter account i.e. @kprti.
In the same vein,
an online web portal has also been launched to facilitate the public in
redressing their grievances. The portal can directly be accessed through KP RTI
Commission website and from the following web link KP E-RTI Service. It is worth mentioning that a toll free
number 080057784, has also been installed to facilitate the information
requesters where a dedicated facilitation team provide information from 8 am to
4 pm.
The KP RTI
Chief Information commissioner realizing the importance of the RTIC has carried
out awareness seminars and workshops for the elected members at district and
Tehsil levels in Abbottabad, Nowshera, Mardan, Buner, Kohat and DI Khan whereas
other districts shall be accessed in the near future in this regard.
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