 مجھے سلام ہمارے گی اور حضورہ میں بڑھا گا ، بہتزاوگ یہopl crooked جو سبنا یہاں گا ہمیں معومکتے ہیں اور جو ایک باشا ہے کہ ہمارے کلورت دانا換 rush اگر مجھے سمجھ سکنا ہے کبھی بدل کیا جہاں کو سمجھ رہے ہیں اور جانتے ہو گئے اور بڑھی دیتے ہیں جانتے ہیں ، جہاں جانتے ہیں جو فیدم ہمارے کافت کیشکتہ عدیت سے ہمارے جو سمجھانے کے لیے about accountability and also the curbing of corruption based upon the information that we have now when we are talking about the information that we have unless we have access to information then how are we going to get that information so therefore there's a very weak relationship between all of this and it's very important to have the right legislature and then also the right institutions now when we talk about freedom of information or access to information then way back in 2001 there was the information freedom ordinance and everyone thought that it will be very well welcome because it would create an open government and institutionally more open to each other and more maybe more flexible and more tolerant however unfortunately what we see is is that there was a reaction and then there were many strikes which took place near Shimla Pahdi Lahore and then when it was found out it was found out that the press basically was against information freedom ordinance and when further research was done then it was found out that the council for pakistan newspaper editors and the all pakistan newspaper society collectively did not want it to be imposed and the reason basically was ladies and gentlemen that as such per se the law was okay but because the law is never in isolation and there are different implications which take place so there was also an amendment of the pakistan penal court section 4992501 and in that what happened was was that the amount of fine and imprisonment was increased and therefore the media said that that is not going to be allowed because then that would be directly imposed upon them but that is not it if there is a responsible media then those fines and that imprisonment cannot be informed and therefore it's very important to understand that as citizens of pakistan or as global citizens one must stand up for a freedom of information and e-government and open data so that everyone tends to understand what is happening and what good is happening and what is going on that becomes very very important now ladies and gentlemen when we talk about access to information then article 13 1b of un csc requires state parties to promote the active participation of citizens and civil society organizations in the fight against corruption so what we see is is that even the united nations convention on anti corruption talks about how we can have better access to information and that would basically be a very big barrier against corruption extortion and other forms of corruption procedures that enable the public to obtain information about the public administration that facilitates the exposure of corruption so again that is very important that dedicated institutions will be there just like in in pinjab we have the pinjab information information council which basically ensures that anyone requiring information about the counter pinjab has that access over there but most people don't even know about it so again that's a paradox that on one hand you create institution and then on the other hand people not aware about it so how are you going to bridge both together so that is also extremely important then it's always like this that if someone is abroad then that also all that information which is coming in that can also be accessed through UNCSE and what we are seeing is that now the united nations office on drugs and crimes has created another platform which is called the grace platform and that is basically global resource for anti corruption education to ensure that everyone has access to case studies to laws to to research studies to surveys and different things so that everyone can in tandem and cohesion with each other fight against this very big curse which is called corruption and that can be achieved through the access to information and free information the right to access information at 2017 Pakistan enabled people to pursue their right to information regarding any public official and procedures so what we see is that finally we have this law in place and now it's just a matter of a little bit of effort to get what information you need and then also to blow the whistle so that anyone who's doing any wrong doing it is this responsibly the state that it basically curves it and ensures that all the stakeholders do not get damaged in the whole process so we have that then when we talking about e-government and open letter than very importantly what we see is that people just think that if there are computers or laptops then that becomes e-government no not at all actually in Pakistan we do have some good some good examples of e-government and e-government basically we see how the id cards or the passport or for that matter for the driving license for paying of utility bills for lodging a complaint to see how different departments are working so all of this now is available and that is excellent because earlier on it was thought that it would not be then many things are being computerized just like the parts of the lands agricultural lands that is also being a computerized and therefore better results are basically emerging then we also have open debtor charter and that basically means that it's not necessary that we only go to specific solution providers we can go to anyone and an open government partnership so again where by the opposition and the government work hand in hand for the betterment of Pakistan and also to have a very strong face in front of all the powers of to be that no one can compromise our national security and our national assets so that is also very important open debtor for development which is od4d and that is also a very important global initiative lfmd website based moldovo as an example of od4d and also the pro zoro system in ukrain so these are some very good examples which tend to exist and again what we see is is that there is a great need to further channelize and catalyze e-government so that just like across the border in india what we see is that hundreds and hundreds of government services are now available on in the virtual world and through a process anything can be processed in a better way and that basically makes the government more efficient and more effective so that is very important and therefore there's a great need for e-government and also provision of open debtor thank you so much