Atlas v0.1 · Right to information · Right to service
Pakistan
Islamic Republic of Pakistan · ISO PAK
Your first move, anywhere
Request legal route, responsible officer, fees, timeline, appeal route, and one high-value record: budget, contract, land, hospital stock, service standard, audit, court delay, police complaint, or procurement payment.
Convert the legal right into a citizen test: receipt, tracking number, statutory deadline, written reasons, actual record release, appeal, and proactive publication.
Capture flags to watch: Delay; discretion; opacity; fragmentation; fear; patron dependency; counterfeit transparency
Right to information
Sourced
Source: RTI Rating country data · last checked 2026-07-05
Right to service
Sourced
Sources: Punjab Right to Public Services Act 2019 · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Public Services Act 2014 · KP Right to Public Services Commission legal framework
Inside Pakistan: 7 subdivisions
Where a subdivision shows a cited law, the citation comes from the named source and the official text still needs confirming. Where it shows nothing, the national law may apply and the local rules are unconfirmed.
What to confirm at your local office, whichever subdivision you are in
- Verify statutory deadline and extension rule.
- Verify filing fee, copying fee, waiver, and electronic access rule.
- Verify internal review, independent review, judicial review, and silence-as-refusal rule.
- Verify relevant information commission, ombudsman, court, tribunal, or internal appeal body.
- Verify official web portal or responsible officer contact.
Records that should already be published: Budget; procurement; contract awards; payment status; public land; service standards; audit reports; subsidies; court/police/hospital/school records.
| Code | Subdivision | Type | Access-law status | Source · checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK-BA | Balochistan | Province | Balochistan Right to Information Act 2021 · Provincial RTI law Sourced confirm current official text | source · 2026-07-05 |
| PK-GB | Gilgit-Baltistan | Pakistan administered area | No RTI law confirmed in 2024 CGPA implementation study; GB fundamental-right provision gap noted by CGPA. · Needs dedicated GB legal verification Sourced confirm current official text | source · 2026-07-05 |
| PK-IS | Islamabad | Federal capital territory | Pakistan Right of Access to Information Act 2017 · Federal capital/federal public bodies Sourced confirm current official text | source · 2026-07-05 |
| PK-JK | Azad Jammu and Kashmir | Pakistan administered area | No RTI law confirmed in 2024 CGPA implementation study; Article 22 of AJK Interim Constitution recognizes right to information subject to law. · Needs dedicated AJK legal verification Sourced confirm current official text | source · 2026-07-05 |
| PK-KP | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act 2013 · Provincial RTI law Sourced confirm current official text | source · 2026-07-05 |
| PK-PB | Punjab | Province | Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act 2013 · Provincial RTI law Sourced confirm current official text | source · 2026-07-05 |
| PK-SD | Sindh | Province | Sindh Transparency and Right to Information Act 2016 · Provincial RTI law, enacted in March 2017 according to implementation studies Sourced confirm current official text | source · 2026-07-05 |
Right to service inside subdivisions
| Subdivision | Status | Instrument |
|---|---|---|
| Balochistan | Research queue | No verified general RTS statute found in targeted official search; RTI and sectoral service rules need verification |
| Gilgit-Baltistan | Verified subnational statutes | Inherits parent classification; verify subnational law/agency service standards |
| Islamabad | Verified subnational statutes | Inherits parent classification; verify subnational law/agency service standards |
| Azad Jammu and Kashmir | Verified subnational statutes | Inherits parent classification; verify subnational law/agency service standards |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Verified RTS statute and commission | Verified KP RTS statute and commission |
| Punjab | Verified RTS statute | Verified Punjab RTS statute |
| Sindh | Research queue | No verified general RTS statute found in targeted official search; RTI and sectoral service rules need verification |
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This atlas and the Capture Index never mix
The atlas is the open reference layer: every jurisdiction, graded, with unverified entries shown as tasks. The Capture Index is a separate scored product: verified sources only, with right of reply before publication.