Freedom of information right of every citizen, says minister

Freedom of information right of every citizen, says minister

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 By Nisar Mahmood

PESHAWAR: Freedom of information is the right of every citizen and the NWFP government will support any effort or step taken by the federal government for access to information, said Provincial Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain here Tuesday. "Injustices are being done to the people due to their inaccessibility to the information," he said while addressing a daylong seminar on 'Embedding Freedom of Information' organised by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE). The minister said it was a fact that governments often showed reluctance to frame laws, and if a law was enacted, then its implementation remained a problem, he added. Iftikhar said people also had little knowledge of the laws that was why their rights were usurped. The minister said access to information should be made easy and cheap and people should have the right to know each and every act of their rulers round the clock. FULL ARTICLE: http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=153557

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