Overview
- The Karachi Safe City expansion, approved Friday, carries a Rs9.98 billion budget with work slated to start in May 2026 and finish within 12 months.
- Plans call for 2,314 cameras, most with number-plate and face matching tools, plus 10 drones, 50 public panic buttons, a smart tower, nine power-backed sites, and eight response vehicles.
- Officials said negotiations trimmed procurement costs by over Rs1 billion, and the Sindh Safe Cities Authority completed merit-based hiring for technical staff under the SSCA Act.
- The authority sent proposals for new Safe City systems in Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas and Shaheed Benazirabad to the planning department, estimated at Rs3.15 billion for 780 cameras.
- Peshawar’s Safe City network is now fully operational with 784 cameras tied to a central control room, covering BRT routes and key sites to aid traffic management and emergency response.