Missing persons’ app nearly ready for launch

Over 2,000 lost children were registered in Punjab, 259 were recovered

LAHORE:

Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi chaired a meeting to review progress on the "Mera Pyara'' Application on Saturday. The meeting was briefed that a record management system had been prepared for the app.

The CM ordered staff to arrange the launch of the 'Mera Pyara' app immediately and directed that the app should be made foolproof and authentic to the maximum possible extent.

The meeting was informed that differently-abled children and adults can be registered on the app.

Reports of lost or recovered persons can also be registered on the app, thereby making a search possible. It was further apprised that 2,629 lost children were registered in Punjab, while 259 children were recovered and 25 lost children were successfully reunited with their families.

Citizens can also register a report a missing child on the 'Mera Pyara' app, while illiterate persons can get reports registered at the Police Front Desk, Tahafuz Markaz and Police Khidmat Markaz. A report for search and recovery can also be registered with the Child Protection Bureau and Shelter Homes through the app.

The lost persons can be found and reunited with their families through the use of their photograph, colour, race and fingerprints. DNA tests of the parents of lost persons and of their families will be conducted in the last phase.

Provincial Ministers Amir Mir, Dr Jamal Nasir, Chief Secretary, Inspector General of Police, CCPO Lahore, and other officials concerned attended the meeting.

Naqvi praised the efforts of the Lahore Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) for reuniting a lost child with his family after six years. The child had been waiting for his family at the Gujranwala Child Protection Bureau for six years, as the father had passed away while searching for him.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, April 9^th, 2023.