Information Access Commission Calls for Reforms in Govt
The Access to Information Commission on Wednesday said that there is a dire need for fundamental reforms in Afghanistan’s state institutions.
The commission also said that Afghanistan’s Supreme Court and the Central Bank of Afghanistan have the most closed institutions in terms of providing information to the media.
The commission said that Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) and the Ministry of Interior (MoI) were witnessed limiting access to information over the past one year.
The Access to Information Commission, while acknowledging access to information as the fundamental right of the people and the media, said that if the necessary reforms are not made in a number of institutions as soon as possible, the access to information in these institutions will become more endangered.
(Last Updated On: February 2, 2021)
The Director of Administration of the Afghanistan High Court, Jawed Rashidi, said on Tuesday that over 103,000 civil cases have been heard by the court so far this solar year.
Addressing an event on the “Government Accountability Program to the Nation” Rashidi said corruption cases involving at least eight former ministers were brought before the court since April. However he would not disclose the names of the ministers.
“Eight cases involving the ministers have been referred to the special investigation committee of the Supreme Court and the court has already issued its verdict on two cases,” he said.
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