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Sindh government is developing software which will enable the user to remotely lock the phone in case it’s stolen or snatched, a high level security meeting was informed on Wednesday.
The meeting to oversee the progress made in efforts to curb street crimes in the metropolis, chaired by Sindh IG Allah Dino (AD) Khawaja, was attended by senior officials including AIG Mushtaq Maher, DIG Sultan Ali Khawaja and Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) Chief Zubair Habib among others.
The meeting was apprised that the said software will be compatible on all types of mobile devices. It programmed to register the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number of the mobile phone along with its SIM card number.
"When a user will get the SIM card blocked following a theft or snatching, the mobile will be blocked automatically."
The software can be called internet offline mobile fighter which will help in timely recovery of the device.
The Sindh IG directed all stakeholders to complete their framework and present it for approval so that the software becomes functional at the earliest.
He also directed the Customs and Intelligence Bureau officials to cooperate with Special Investigation Unit (SIU) authorities in order to unearth the nexus of mobile phones smuggling and bring the perpetrators to book.
Khawaja asked the Karachi police chief to handover the street crime culprits to SIU so that proper investigations could be conducted.
Earlier this month, the CPLC had identified 60 places in the sprawling metropolis where incidents of street crimes, particularly snatching of mobile phones, have increased alarmingly.
Law-enforcement officials believed that with the identification of the 60 “hot spots” the area police could manage to cut the number, if not curb the menace entirely, of street crimes by effective patrolling and consistent vigilance.
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Never think of thieves being ignorant. They always work and plan their tricks a few steps ahead of the law.
Someone needs to tell them that they are reinventing wheel. I can locate my Android phone by simple google search. In fact I did forget my phone at a grocery shop and later found it by simple click from my google account.
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@ghaznavi ..Pal what else let them have the credit for developing the software..
Joke of the Day!
impossible !! the Imei can change easily. The software internet offline mobile fighter can be removed with hard reset.
Never mind the state of health and education.... let's waste our resources on something else. Wrong priorities!
Come on people! Robbery is an industry for those people who are denied jobs. While Sindh is at it why doesn't the provincial government find out how many mobile phone robbers are heroin addicts. You live next door to the world's largest heroin supplier and you don't have any heroin addicts? Drug addicts can be identified by their boldness in committing crimes. 2 + 2 = 4
How about Sindh police equip all police stations with computers and internet first?
So it needs sim card to be blocked? The thieves will simple throw away the sim card. Even now that's the first thing they do
Good step
Bad idea. Do not stop low level crimes as it is an indicative of deeper social issue. If you stop phone snatching next will be point blank murder for money. What is important that govt offer marginal elements free food, some monthly stipend and a govt job that they must sign up and attend daily.
What is there to develop ? It already exist. Who they are trying to fool ? Or else there is a lot of money to be made by someone in the name of "developing".