Opening Ceremony for PILDAT’s project: Enhancing Empowerment of Women and Minorities of South Punjab through Effective use of RTI Law

Opening Ceremony for PILDAT’s project: Enhancing Empowerment of Women and Minorities of South Punjab through Effective use of RTI Law

BAHAWALPUR(PR)The Opening Ceremony for PILDAT’s project: Enhancing Empowerment of Women and Minorities of South Punjab through Effective use of RTI Law, took place in Ghotvi Hall of Islamia University Bahawalpur with the help of district governments Lodhran and Bahawalpur. 

This project is being implemented with the support of USAID Small Grants and Ambassador’s Fund Program and in collaboration with Punjab Information Commission (PIC).Key objective of this initiative is to create awareness not only among the Public Information Officers of the South Punjab but its general populationwith focus on women, non-Muslim minorities, media and civil society representatives so they can become aware and active users of the RTI Law.

Honourable Mr. Baleegh Ur Rahman,Federal Minister of Education and Professional Training, attended the ceremony as the Chief Guest and showed immense support and appreciation for this project and PILDAT’s continued efforts towards promoting the use of RTI. He emphasized the use of RTI by civil society in order to carry out effective oversight of this law and its implementation and ultimately for better governance in the province. 

Professor Dr. QaiserMushtaq, Vice Chancellor of Islamia University Bahawalpur, welcomed PILDAT’s initiative on increasing awareness on the use of RTI in South Punjab. He highlighted the need for such projects and training exercises in Bahawalpur and assured his cooperation for future training programmes to be organized by PILDAT.

In his opening remarks, Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob President, PILDATwelcomed the Honourable speakers and guests present on the occasion. He further elaborated on the key features of PILDAT’s project commencing in South Punjab on the use of PTRTIA 2013 expected to go on till April 2018.

Honourable Ms. SabihaNazir, MNA, Honourable Ms. FauziaAyub, MPA, Qazi Adnan Fareed, MPA, Mr. Naeem Malik, Deputy Director Punjab Information Commission, Mr. Ahmed Raza Tahir, Former Punjab Information Commissioner, Professor KalimUllah Khan, Former Information Commissioner KP and other key local elected government representatives of Districts Bahawalpur and Lodhran attended the project opening ceremony.