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Tourism Police Motorcycle Records Remain Unavailable Despite RTI Request Pending Since May 2025

  Musarrat Ullah Jan , KikxNow , Digital Creator Peshawar: Information sought under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act, 2013 regarding the use, deployment, fuel expenditure and official movement of motorcycles assigned to the Tourism Police has remained unresolved for more than 15 months. The original information request was submitted to the Public Information Officer of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority on 8 May 2025 . The requested information included details of fuel consumption, expenditure, deployment of Tourism Police personnel, location and use of motorcycles stationed in Peshawar, and relevant logbooks and official records. When the matter was not resolved, a complaint was subsequently filed before the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Commission on 11 July 2025 , bearing complaint/data number 12677 . Despite the passage of considerable time, the matter remains pending. The information sought concerns government-owned motorcycles and ex...

KPCTA Employees’ Induction: Difference Between 22nd BOD Minutes and Secretary’s Notification Raises Legal Questions

  Musarrat Ullah Jan , KikxNow Digital Creator PESHAWAR:  A review of available official documents concerning the induction of former Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) employees into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority (KPCTA) has raised questions regarding the wording of the decision of the 22nd Board of Directors (BOD) and the subsequent notification issued by the Secretary Tourism. According to a notification dated  September 23, 2020 , issued by the Tourism Department, the 22nd meeting of the Board of Directors of TCKP had decided that the entire staff of TCKP could be inducted into KPCTA  “on regular basis.” However, the available minutes of the  22nd BOD meeting held on May 24, 2020  contain different wording. The relevant decision states: “The entire staff of the TCKP be inducted in the KP-CTA and its services shall be protected.” The available BOD minutes do not contain the words  “on regular basis”  ...