Technological progress: The advance of computerisation to curb criminal activity
Home minister lists the ways to counter terrorism and ensure strict monitoring
A file photo of Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal. PHOTO: APP
KARACHI:
Sindh police have started the process to computerise its criminal records. The home minister Sohail Anwar Siyal said that the computerised data will be linked to National Database and Registration Authority's (NADRA) database through the biometric system.
Siyal was addressing the inauguration ceremony of software prepared by Sindh police in collaboration with a private mobile company on Tuesday.
Strict monitoring
"Hotels, guest houses, arms shops, private security companies and tenants - all will be registered and a system is being established to check them on daily basis," said Siyal. The record of the criminals will be computerised in police stations and jails and it will be interlinked with the NADRA.
He said that the traffic challans will also be computerised and the citizens will be able to get their challans at their doorstep. "A private cell phone company currently busy in making the software, in collaboration with the Sindh police", he said. This programme will be completed within the next six months," he said.
Benefits of technology
Technology is the best way to make things better, said Sindh IGP Ghulam Haider Jamali. Sindh police has always endeavoured to make the police department modern and technologically progressive, he said. "Sindh police are trying their level best for to bring back peace to Karachi."
"Just a single click and you will find the crime record of any criminal by using this software," said AIG Mushtaq Mahar. "This system will be interlinked to all police stations and the NADRA." For the first time in Pakistan such a software is being introduced, claimed Mahar.
Countering terrorism
Stern action will be taken against the high profile personalities found guilty of facilitating terrorist activities, he said. "The hardcore criminals that managed to flee the country will be brought back and tried for their crimes", said Siyal.
Terrorism is not only a problem of Sindh but it is an issue faced by the entire nation, he claimed. "Only Sindh government approved the bill of the witness protection programme." The government is devising a policy so the bill can be implemented," he explained.
"The CCTV cameras are being installed at all traffic signal to check the street crime" said Siyal. A separate barcode will be allotted to each vehicle's registration number plate that will prove helpful to ascertain the registration number plates are genuine or fake," he explained.
An inquiry is being conducted regarding the corruption scandal in the purchase of the CCTV cameras and the strict action will be taken against those found guilty.
Sindh police have started the process to computerise its criminal records. The home minister Sohail Anwar Siyal said that the computerised data will be linked to National Database and Registration Authority's (NADRA) database through the biometric system.
Siyal was addressing the inauguration ceremony of software prepared by Sindh police in collaboration with a private mobile company on Tuesday.
Strict monitoring
"Hotels, guest houses, arms shops, private security companies and tenants - all will be registered and a system is being established to check them on daily basis," said Siyal. The record of the criminals will be computerised in police stations and jails and it will be interlinked with the NADRA.
He said that the traffic challans will also be computerised and the citizens will be able to get their challans at their doorstep. "A private cell phone company currently busy in making the software, in collaboration with the Sindh police", he said. This programme will be completed within the next six months," he said.
Benefits of technology
Technology is the best way to make things better, said Sindh IGP Ghulam Haider Jamali. Sindh police has always endeavoured to make the police department modern and technologically progressive, he said. "Sindh police are trying their level best for to bring back peace to Karachi."
"Just a single click and you will find the crime record of any criminal by using this software," said AIG Mushtaq Mahar. "This system will be interlinked to all police stations and the NADRA." For the first time in Pakistan such a software is being introduced, claimed Mahar.
Countering terrorism
Stern action will be taken against the high profile personalities found guilty of facilitating terrorist activities, he said. "The hardcore criminals that managed to flee the country will be brought back and tried for their crimes", said Siyal.
Terrorism is not only a problem of Sindh but it is an issue faced by the entire nation, he claimed. "Only Sindh government approved the bill of the witness protection programme." The government is devising a policy so the bill can be implemented," he explained.
"The CCTV cameras are being installed at all traffic signal to check the street crime" said Siyal. A separate barcode will be allotted to each vehicle's registration number plate that will prove helpful to ascertain the registration number plates are genuine or fake," he explained.
An inquiry is being conducted regarding the corruption scandal in the purchase of the CCTV cameras and the strict action will be taken against those found guilty.