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PIC issues notice to university registrar

From Our Correspondent

MULTAN: The Punjab Information Commission has issued a notice to the Multan Women University registrar for violating the Right to Information Act and not sharing information to a complainant regarding recent recruitment of an admin officer in the university.

Punjab Information Commissioner Mukhtar Ahmad Ali, in his order, said that it was a legal right of any citizen to access information from public bodies. Any violation of the law or delay could result in penalties as per Section 15 or 16 of the Act.

Earlier, in a complaint, an NGO activist Raza Ali said that he had filed an application with the university registrar, seeking information on recruitment of an admin officer under the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act on March 21. He said that he sought information on recruitment of admin officer i.e. list of candidates, criteria of selection, copies of educational documents, professional certificates, list of members who were part of interview committee and copies of interview mark sheets of selected candidates. He said that the university assistant registrar shared the incomplete information, stating that some requisition was restricted under Section 13 of the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act.