{
  "id": 1877901,
  "title": "National Assembly spent Rs35m on private lawyers for RTI cases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/national-assembly-spent-rs35m-on-private-lawyers-for-rti-cases",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T06:27:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1540630/national-assembly-spent-rs35m-on-private-lawyers-for-rti-cases/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Secretariat paid more than Rs35 million to private lawyers between 2022 and 2026. The payments covered legal work linked to Right to Information cases. Read More: NAB grants 14-day physical remand of Maryam, Abbas The spending was disclosed after an order from the Pakistan Information Commission. Journalist Saddia Mazhar filed the […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}