LHC Set To Hear Citizen’s Appeal To Constitute Federal Information Commission On Thursday

Lahore High Court appealed to constitute Federal Information Commission and ensure petitioner application is dealt with according to law.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, Oct 17, 2018

Contact: Amin Shah Gilani
press@gilani.me

Update Oct 17, 2018: The Hon. Justice Shahid Karim has postponed the hearing for December 3, 2018.

Lahore, Pakistan: The Single Bench of the Honorable Lahore High Court is set to hear Writ Petition 231349/2018 requesting the constitution of the Federal Information Commission as decreed by law, and directing it to grant relief to the petitioner — in their follow-up petition to the Federal Information Commission against the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority on violating The Right of Access to Information Act, 2017.

After a benign internet service he depended upon was inexplicably blocked— and his emails repeatedly met with silence—Amin Shah Gilani, in his capacity as a concerned Citizen of Pakistan, exercised the rights guaranteed to him by the Constitution of Pakistan, and The Right of Access to Information Act, 2017 (The Act). Gilani filed a request with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on May 13, 2018. The request asked PTA to…