Implement the change

The PTI government has brought remarkable changes in education and other sectors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In this regard the importance and utility of the Right to Information Act 2013 cannot be denied. The amended act of KP universities is another example of good legislation. But the question is: who will implement these decisions taken in the public interest?

In case of the Right to Information Act 2013, people are facing a lot of problems because of the high-headedness of government departments and their noncompliance with the directives of the RTI commission. The KP University Amendment Act 2015 has also not been properly implemented in all public sector universities of the province. Once again delaying tactics have been used and stakeholders are looking to the government for implementation of the act in letter and spirit. After the reduction of oil prices, transport fares of different localities in the province have been substantially reduced. But it seems the prices have been reduced only on paper. Is it not the responsibility of the party in power (the PTI in this case) in KP to implement these decisions? If acts and decisions are not implemented in letter and spirit then how can you bring change?

Rahman Fazal

Peshawar