Advocate General Sindh on Thursday presented a report in the Supreme Court on CCTV cameras in Karachi.
AGP Sindh briefed that 168 CCTV cameras of two mega-pixels were installed in the city in 2008, 210 such cameras were installed in 2014, and 225 five-megapixel cameras were installed in 2015.
The report further stated that Sindh Police installed 820 cameras in the city in 2012, but only 17 of them are now operational.
Then, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah approved transferring camera control to the provincial police.
The report added that police will control all cameras from October 1, 2016.
During the hearing, the chief justice inquired whether mobile phone companies provide data to the Sindh police. IG Sindh responded in the negative, saying cellular companies don’t provide data to the police.
The attorney general informed the court that GSM locators were being provided to the police.
