Constitution 1973 § Article 19A — Right to information

Statutory text (English)

[Every citizen shall have the right to have access to information in all matters of public importance subject to regulation and reasonable restrictions imposed by law.]

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution Article 19A: Pakistan Code portal PDF p.24, ingested 2026-09-15. Footnote: ins. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. X of 2010), ss.6-7. Human admin re-check recommended.

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• 2010-04-19: Inserted by 18th Amendment (Act No. X of 2010), ss.6-7 — VERIFIED against Pakistan Code PDF p.24.

Amendment references

• Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. X of 2010) — Inserted Articles 10A (fair trial), 19A (right to information), 25A (right to education); amended Article 25(2); wide-ranging devolution changes. verified

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