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Punjab Showcases AI-Powered Safe Cities as Political and Security Strains Mount

Officials are using global and cabinet forums to pitch surveillance tech as the province’s public‑safety backbone.

Overview

  • Punjab says its Safe Cities network now operates across 24 districts, with more than 8,000 AI cameras in Lahore supporting traffic violation detection, e‑challans, upgraded helplines, and citizen services including a virtual women police station and child safety center.
  • An ASEAN capacity‑building conference opened at the Punjab Safe Cities Authority in Lahore, where a provincial cabinet law‑and‑order committee toured the facility and highlighted AI‑based policing, smart surveillance, and traffic management.
  • Women‑focused outreach continued with a ‘Pink’ mobile police station and a mobile licensing unit brought to a Lahore university, positioned as delivering complaint intake and services directly to students.
  • A no‑confidence vote against AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq was scheduled for today in Muzaffarabad, with PPP claiming 35+ votes for its nominee Faisal Rathore and PML‑N stating it would support the motion while not joining the government, according to local reporting.
  • Concerns over institutional stability grew as reports noted recent resignations by Justices Athar Minallah, Mansoor Ali Shah, and Shams Mahmood Mirza, while separate law‑and‑order updates included a Kotli scrapyard blast that killed three, a custody escape of ex‑ADC Iqbal Sanghera in Rawalpindi, and an Attock petrol‑pump fraud probe with no arrests yet.