Urdu Point
News: PK: Friday, September 28, 2018.
Minister
for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said the information
commissions at federal and Punjab level would become functional soon to ensure
transparency in the governance.
He
was addressing a seminar "Vision of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government
for Transparency and Right to Information" jointly organized by Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting and Sustainable Social Development Organization
(SSDO) here.
He
said the PTI government had introduced the system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during
its previous tenure and now information commissioners were being appointed at
federal and Punjab level to bring transparency in the governance.
The
minister recalled that details of most of the mega-projects signed by the
previous government were not made public and when their record was asked to be
disclosed the record was burnt which added to the impression of corruption.
He
said the Pakistan Peoples Party during its tenure inducted over 800 cronies in
Radio Pakistan within three days time which caused billions of rupees loss to
the Radio Pakistan.
He
said the government job was to create employment opportunities and not stuff
their own people in national institutions.
He
said the RTI law, the whistle blower law envisaging 20 per cent share for the
person helping in unearthing scams, would go a long way in speeding up the
accountability process in the country.
SSDO
Director Programmes Syed Kausar Abbas was also present on the occasion.
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