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He said the surveillance of all polling stations was very necessary. “Since the amount [of funds] involved in the procurement of the CCTV [closed-circuit television] cameras and other required equipment was very high, I had assigned negotiation with the NRTC to the chief secretary so the entire project could be commissioned at minimum cost,” the CM told the cabinet.

Major (retd) Suleman said that NRTC had offered a rate of Rs1 million per polling station for the purchase of CCTV. “Therefore, the cost come to Rs4.15 billion for 4,154 polling stations,” he said, adding that the home department estimated a revised cost for 5,000 polling stations at Rs1.79 billion.

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CCTV cameras catch shoplifters in the act

AI Guardman” is an automated security camera designed to catch potential shoplifters in the act. Developed by Japanese telecom company NTT East and tech startup Earth Eyes, the cameras have already reduced shoplifting by up to 40 percent in stores that participated in a trial run, according to Sora News24.

The camera uses open source technology developed by Carnegie Mellon University to analyse shoppers’ body language. If that behaviour matches predefined suspicious behaviour, an alert will be sent to the shopkeeper’s phone via an app, along with a photo of the suspect and their location.

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20,000 CCTV cameras to monitor 5,776 polling stations in Sindh

KARACHI: The Sindh Cabinet decided on Saturday to install 20,000 day and night vision cameras at 5,776 polling stations to monitor the process of polling and counting of votes from start to finish.

The meeting, presided over by Caretaker Chief Minister Fazalur Rehman, was attended by Chief Secretary Major (retd) Azam Suleman, Inspector-General of Police Amjad Javed Saleemi, Principal Secretary to CM Sohail Rajput, Information Secretary Qazi Shahid Pervez, National Radio Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) Chairperson Brigadier Taufiq Ahmed and others.

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