Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements

Number of verified cases of killing, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture of journalists, associated media personnel, trade unionists and human rights advocates in the previous 12 months

National Commission of Human Rights, Ministry of Human Rights, Police, and other Protection Agencies and Standing Committees.

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This is a tier 3 indicator and OHCHR is the custodian with ILO and UNESCO-UIS as partner agencies. The most significant human rights issues included extrajudicial and targeted killings; disappearances; torture; poor implementation and enforcement of laws. Additional problems were arbitrary detention; lengthy pretrial detention; harassment of journalists, and high-profile attacks against journalists and media organizations.

Number of countries that adopt and implement constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information

Minister of Information and Broadcasting

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This is a tier 2 indicator and UNESCO-UIS is the custodian with World Bank and UNEP as partner agencies. They can be contacted for latest info on methodology development and reporting framework. Public awareness and effective implementation on RTI laws is required in Pakistan.