{"id":73193,"date":"2021-01-05T10:55:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T05:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=73193"},"modified":"2021-01-05T10:55:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T05:55:45","slug":"cda-directed-appoint-pio-make-information-readily-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-directed-appoint-pio-make-information-readily-available.html","title":{"rendered":"CDA directed to appoint PIO; make information readily available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Pakistan Information Commission (PIC) on Friday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to appoint a Public Information Officer (PIO) and make the important information relating to its office readily available, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/100bn-worth-of-economic-activity-in-islamabad-in-2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PKR 100bn worth of economic activity generated in Islamabad last year: CDA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order was issued by Information Commissioner Zahid Abdullah. He stated that the federal bodies are not \u2018giving primacy to proactive disclosure of information through their websites and that proactive disclosure of information is not given the serious consideration it deserves.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The appointment of a PIO is mandatory under Section 9 of the Right to Information Act which pertains to the appointment of a designated official as information officer in the public sector and non-governmental entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-establish-special-technology-zone-shahzad-town.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDA to establish special technology zone in Shahzad Town<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CDA has been directed to disclose PIO\u2019s information including their name, designation and contact details on the authority\u2019s website and submit a compliance report to the commission within 10 working days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Pakistan Information Commission (PIC) on Friday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to appoint a Public Information Officer (PIO) and make the important information relating to its office readily available, a news source reported. Read: PKR 100bn worth of economic activity generated in Islamabad last year: CDA The order was issued by Information Commissioner Zahid Abdullah. He stated that the federal bodies are not \u2018giving primacy to proactive disclosure of information through their websites and that proactive disclosure of information is not given the serious consideration it deserves.\u2019 The appointment of a PIO is mandatory under Section 9 of the Right to Information Act which pertains to the appointment of a designated official as information officer in the public sector and non-governmental entities. Read: CDA to establish special technology zone in Shahzad Town CDA has been directed to disclose PIO\u2019s information including their name, designation and contact details on the authority\u2019s website and submit a compliance report to the commission within 10 working days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":60265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[21514,44831,44830],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-73193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-capital-development-authority-cda","9":"tag-pakistan-information-commissioner","10":"tag-public-information-officer","11":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CDA directed to appoint PIO; 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