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ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint \/ Pakistan Point News – 25th Sep, 2026) Transparency International Pakistan<\/a> (TI Pakistan) has released its 2026 assessment, \u201cRight to Information in Practice: Assessing Proactive Disclosure in Pakistan,\u201d highlighting significant gaps in the implementation of proactive disclosure requirements by public bodies at the Federal<\/a> and provincial levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The assessment reviewed the official websites of 98 federal and provincial government departments and public bodies against the proactive disclosure requirements prescribed under Pakistan\u2019s federal and provincial Right to Information (RTI) laws. The study assesses the extent to which citizens can access essential government information without having to file individual RTI requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the assessment, overall proactive disclosure compliance stood at 47 percent at the federal level, 59 percent in Punjab, 41 percent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa<\/a>, 31 percent in Sindh and 28 percent in Balochistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the federal level, the assessment covered 14 ministries and departments.The Ministry of Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs recorded 83 percent compliance, while the Ministry of Law and Justice scored 75 percent. At the lower end, the Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Maritime Affairs each recorded 22 percent compliance. The overall federal compliance was 47 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n