https://github.com/amingilani/rti
A collection of RTI requests and the public information they've yielded. Personal information has been redacted.
https://github.com/amingilani/rti
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A collection of RTI requests and the public information they've yielded. Personal information has been redacted.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/amingilani/rti
- Owner: amingilani
- Created: 2020-03-03T08:30:56.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-03-04T15:25:01.000Z (about 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-10-20T05:46:01.154Z (8 months ago)
- Topics: law, pakistan, public-interest, rti
- Size: 21.4 MB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# RTI data
This is a repository of RTI requests, responses, appeals and the information I've received through them.
Personal information is redacted, and text has been processed through OCR software where applicable.
## Submit Your Own :star:
If you've made an RTI request under Pakistani law, I urge you to submit it for publication here. Please email scanned copies of all letters exchanged, and any public information yielded, to [rti@gilani.me](mailto:rti@gilani.me?subject=RTI%20request%20%2B%20public%20information%20submission&body=Hi%20Amin%0A%0APlease%20find%20attached%20raw%20and%20high%20resolution%20scanned%20copies%20of%20my%20correspondence%20with%20the%20public%20information%20officer%2C%20along%20with%20the%20public%20information%20yielded.%0A%0APlease%20redact%20my%20personal%20information%20before%20publishing%20this.). I'll redact any personal information before publishing.
## Requests
Each request is filed by a unique ID and has 3 types of files:
+ Request: All correspondence exchanged with the public information officer
+ Appeal: All correspondence with the Information Commission if an appeal was filed
+ Information: If information is received
### 9449
PTA's Class Licensing and Registration Regulations, 2007 as amended up to 4 April 2016.
**Status:** Information received
### 9449
The Gazette of Pakistan, requested from the Department of Stationary and Forms.
**Status:** Appeal successful, awaiting information
## Tools
- [Tesseract](https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/) for OCR
- [Imagemagick](https://imagemagick.org/index.php) for image manipulation
To compile a set of JPEG images into a single TIFF image use:
```
convert *.jpeg request.tiff
```
To convert a TIFF file into a searchable PDF file and with an additional TXT containing text use:
```
tesseract -l eng request.tiff request txt pdf
```