Pakistan National Assembly paid lawyers millions to suppress RTI requests

National Asse­mbly paid lawyers Rs35m to keep lid on Right to Information requests

ISLAMABAD: The National Asse­mbly Secretariat paid over Rs35 million to private lawyers between 2022 and 2026, ostensibly to argue for the suppression of information in cases involving the release of details und­er Right to Information (RTI) laws. According to information made public in compliance with an order of the Pakistan Information Commission, the highest annual expenditure was recorded in FY2022-23, when Rs20.4m was paid to eight lawyers. The NA Secretariat subsequently paid out legal...

By none@none.com (Ikram Junaidi)