KP police launch mobile app for security during polls

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Deputy Inspector General Information Technology Irfan Tariq says the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have developed a mobile application for security in the upcoming general elections.

Talking to a private news channel, he said the app would be used for monitoring on the poll day, Associated Press of Pakistan reports.

Irfan Tariq said that mapping of the entire province has been completed in the mobile app along with various features including emergency alert, go online, notification alert and health facilities.

Apart from this, he said the mobile app also includes the feature of audio and video calls. Police personnel will use body cameras at 137 hotspots in the provincial areas, he added.

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