Lahore, June 10, 2023 (PPI-OT): Inspector General Police Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar has issued a special message about the working of the “Mera Pyara” app of the Punjab Police and said that the Mera Pyara app available in the Punjab Police Public App is compatible with both Android and iOS systems. Citizens can download and get immediate help from the police in difficult situations. In a special message released on social media, IG Punjab said that it is not possible to improve service delivery in a densely populated country like Pakistan without modern technology. IG Punjab said that the Punjab Police brings dozens of stray children and the elderly to their families every day, it is our responsibility to bring back home the special and missing children suffering from various problems, people who have lost their way home.
Dr. Usman Anwar said that citizens can get immediate help from the police by sharing photos of their missing children and elderly people in the Mera Payara app. He added that these details are pictures are delivered to government and non-government institutions, police stations and police field teams under modern system. IG Punjab further said that so far hundreds of missing children and elderly have been reunited with their families through this modern application, especially the “Mera Pyara” app, which was used to reunite a child who was separated from her family 8 years ago with her mother. Dr. Usman Anwar said that the Punjab government has also provided the facility of free DNA test for this purpose after taking photos and fingerprints, all citizens are requested to download this app in their mobile phones. IG Punjab said that families who have special children or elderly people who are likely to go missing, should immediately register them in the app, using the advanced facial recognition technology of the police and other technologies available in the Safe City Authority.
You will be able to be helped in difficult times. Dr. Usman Anwar said that the facility of free DNA test has been made available for identification of citizens who have been missing for a long time and whose characteristics have changed. IG Punjab further said that “Mera Pyaara App” is playing a very important role in reuniting the missing citizens with their loved ones, Punjab Police is trying to serve and protect the citizens and the cooperation of the citizens is key in this process.
For more information, contact:
Punjab Police
Punjab Police Computer Bureau,
5th Floor, Central Police Office (CPO),
Punjab, Lahore
Tel: +92-42-99213019, +92-42-99213013
Fax: +92-42-99213012
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Website: www.punjabpolice.gov.pk