ISLAMABAD: <\/strong>The\nIslamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday suspended the decision of the Pakistan\nInformation Commission (PIC) to provide information about the employees of the\nPresidency to a citizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A single bench,\ncomprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah, on the request of the federation,\nissued the stay order on the PIC decision and issued notices to the parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief of Information\nCommission Muhammad Azam and information commissioners Fawad Malik and Zahid\nAbdullah had issued orders on March 11, 2020. The PIC had directed the\nPresidency to provide information of all its employees under the Access to\nInformation Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The federal appeal\ncontended that the information commission in its order misinterpreted the\nArticles 90 and 99 of the Constitution relating to the Rules of Business. It\nsaid the Presidency was not a public body therefore, the Access to Information\nAct did not apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A citizen Mukhtar\nAhmad Ali had filed a petition with the Presidency on April 10, 2019 under the\nAccess to Information Act. A request was made to the principal secretary to the\npresident to provide information regarding the employees of the Presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, on not\nreceiving the information, the citizen filed a petition in the PIC, which\ndecided that under the Access to Information Act, the Presidency should provide\ninformation on the number and salary of all employees, including women, special\npersons and transgender employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newspaper: Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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