Nine Months of Silence: KP District Sports Officers Don't Answer RTI Query

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Musarrat ullah Jan – Kikxnow Digital Creator

Even nine months after the RTI request was filed in October 2024, District Sports Officers (DSOs) in Nowshera, Charsadda, Peshawar, Tank, Swat, and Malakand haven't replied to the RTI query.

The RTI request asked for information regarding sports activities, club registrations, players' numbers, tournaments conducted, money earned, and fuel and D.A. expenditures. Up to July 2025, nothing has been communicated, and no justification has been given.

Fed up with this persistent inaction, the applicant approached the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa RTI Commission months ago in writing. However, no action has been taken on the part of the commission as well, which is a serious issue regarding the enforcement of transparency legislation in the province.

As per sources, the said DSOs are again and again quoting that they are "busy" and have not been ready to comply with their legal responsibility. They are maintaining silence in defiance of the KP Right to Information Act 2013, which requires giving out requested public information within 15 to 30 days.

What Was Asked in the RTI?

Number and list of registered sports clubs per district

Number of official sports events organized in 2023–24

Player participation statistics

Expenditure on per diems (D.A.) for sports persons

Income derived from sporting events

Fuel and travel costs of the sports bureaus

Issues of Misuse and Bogus Events

The refusal to provide this information has sent warning signals among sport journalists and civil society. It raises the specter of phantom sports events possibly having been recorded on paper to cover up expenses — a practice which has been silently increasing in some areas.

"These delays indicate either there is gross mismanagement, or authorities are intentionally covering up misuse of funds set aside for sports development," said a sports governance analyst.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa RTI Commission should take prompt action

All DSOs must be instructed to provide full information without delay

A performance and audit review of the said DSOs must be initiated

Disciplinary action must be taken if misappropriation is established

The people are entitled to know what the taxpayer money is being used for — and in this instance, the District Sports Offices' silence is getting more suspicious by the day.

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