Overview: The right of individuals to access information held by the government or public authorities, commonly referred to as the right to information (RTI), is recognized under both international law and the Afghan Constitution as a human right. Afghanistan’s current Access to Information Law (ATI Law), adopted in 2018, ranks as the strongest such law…

Overview: From 2002 to 2019, Pakistan has made considerable strides in terms of RTI legislation. The implementation, however, has remained week. Many factors can be attributed towards this slow pace of implementation. This include indifferent, sometimes hostile, external environment, low motivation of public authorities, old culture of secrecy where asking question has always taken as…