MANY cases of mobile snatching and bank robbery have occurred in Karachi. Many CCTV footages are also shared on Facebook and WhatsApp. These CCTV footages show blur faces of snatchers and robbers. Bikes are also visible in these CCTV footages but number-plates are not visible.

If high-definition CCTV cameras are installed on streets, it will be very easy to identify the face of snatchers and robbers and also the number-plates of bikes. However I doubt if the Sindh government will install better quality CCTV cameras.

I hope the State Bank of Pakistan can order all private banks to install high-definition CCTV cameras which can recognise faces. It will help our law-enforcers to catch these culprits.

Mubshir Mahmood

Karachi

Published in Dawn, October 26th, 2017