Ijaz Kakakhel
Lawmakers in a legislative body on Thursday stressed for effective measures to control crimes in the Islamabad Capital Territory adding to fulfil the vacant posts in Safe City Project of ICT.
The Safe City Project is very useful in identifying and arresting the culprits and criminals. These views were expressed by senators during Senate Standing Committee on Interior, which held today while Senator Faisal SaleemRehman was on chair.
The Senate Committee was briefed on the workings of the Safe City Command and Control Centre and its effectiveness in combating modern-era crimes. Inspector General ICT, Syed Ali NasirRizvi, informed that the Safe City project is the brainchild of NADRA and was established and operated by NADRA until 2019. It is currently being managed by the ICT police. The project was established to monitor law and order in the city and to ensure the quality of life for the residents of Islamabad.
The sanctioned strength for the Safe City project was around 463, and as of now, 38 technical posts are vacant, which will be filled soon. The Committee recommended that vacant posts should be filled as the department holds critical importance.
The IG further added that ICT is working to reshape the Safe City into a Smart City Project by keeping in view the needs of the time.
The Committee expressed satisfaction with the working of the Safe City project and recommended that the project should be digitized to cope with modern demands.
The Committee also recommended providing details of crimes occurring in ICT territory and the steps taken by ICT for the prevention of such crimes.
The IG Islamabad further said that ICT was working to reshape the Safe City into a Smart City Project by keeping in view the needs of the time.
The meeting was attended by Senator Irfanul Haq Siddiqui,Senator Shahadat Awan, Senator Saifullah Abro, Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri, Senator Palwasha Muhammad Zai Khan,Senator Jam SaifullahKhan, Special Secretary for the Ministry of Interior Waqas Ali Mehmood, Inspector General ICT Syed Ali NasirRizvi and other senior officials from the ministry of interior.
