Tourism Police Motorcycle Records Sought. More Than a Year Later, No Information, No Decision.

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Musarrat Ullah Jan , kikxNow , Digital Creator

The implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continues to raise serious concerns.

On 9 May 2025, a journalist submitted an RTI request to the Public Information Officer of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority (KPCTA) seeking detailed information about the Tourism Police motorcycles.

The request sought records including:

• Fuel consumption of Tourism Police motorcycles during the previous 12 months, district-wise.

• Monthly fuel consumption of each motorcycle.

• Total fuel budget and expenditure.

• The number of Tourism Police personnel deployed in Peshawar, Abbottabad (Galiyat), Mansehra (Kaghan), Swat, Chitral (Kalash), and Upper Dir (Kumrat).

• The names, designations, and official duties of Tourism Police personnel posted in Peshawar.

• The current location of the six motorcycles stationed at the Peshawar Head Office.

• Details of how these motorcycles have been used during the past 12 months.

• Whether they are being used in the field, for office duties, or kept on standby.

• Copies of vehicle movement logs, maintenance records, and any official plan or assessment justifying the deployment of six motorcycles in Peshawar, along with any proposal to relocate them to other tourist destinations.

After no information was provided within the timeframe prescribed by the RTI Act, a complaint was filed before the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Commission on 11 July 2025 and registered as Complaint No. 12677.

More than one year later, the complaint remains pending, and the requested public information has still not been disclosed.

This raises serious questions:

• Why was the RTI request not answered within the statutory timeframe?

• Why has Complaint No. 12677 remained pending for more than a year?

• Why should a journalist or any citizen have to wait this long for information about publicly funded vehicles, fuel expenditure, and deployment of government resources?

• What does this say about transparency, accountability, and compliance with the Right to Information Act?

The Right to Information Act was enacted to promote transparency and public accountability, not to leave applicants waiting indefinitely for information that belongs in the public domain.

When public information is delayed for over a year and complaints remain unresolved, transparency becomes a promise rather than a practice.

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