KARACHI – Pakistan Army will assist the Sindh Government in establishing astate of the art cyber security system for the provincial government.
As per media report, Pakistan Army will assist Sindh government indeveloping its own cybercrime unit. National Database & RegistrationAuthority (NADRA) and other government organizations are expected tosubmit proposals for Karachi Safe City project.
Apex Committee meeting was held at Chief Minister (CM) house Karachi onMonday. It was presided by CM Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah, Corps CommanderKarachi Lt Gen Hamayun Aziz, Director General of Pakistan Rangers (Sindh)Major General Muhammad Saeed, Secretary Interior Kabeer Qazi and IG SindhDr. Kaleem Imam attended the meeting.
Cybersecurity came under discussion. Corps Commander Karachi Lt Gen HamayunAziz said that a cybersecurity system must be developed and run by theSindh government. He offered Sindh government to use Pakistan Army’sexpertise to develop a cyber setup.
“Will request the Chief of Army Staff to provide assistance to Sindhgovernment for the setup of a cybersecurity wing,” Corp Commander told.
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The matter of Karachi Safe City project was also discussed and it wasdecided to speed up the project. Provincial government first decided toimplement Safe City with the collaboration of the private sector inPublic-Private Partnership (PPP) mode. But due to difficulties, thisproject could not be implemented.
“Safe City will is not just a camera installation project. It will be anemergency response project. Local police, traffic police, fire brigade, andother services will be associated with Safe City,” Murad told.
