Editor Report
LAHORE:The Virtual Centre for Child Safety, established at the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA), has successfully reunited missing children and special persons with their families.According to a spokesman for the authority, by integrating welfare institutions data with the Mera Pyara database, more than 430 missing children, special persons, and abandoned citizens have so far been handed over safely to their families and guardians.Many of these individuals had been residing for years in welfare homes and shelters. Mera Pyara team of Safe Cities visited Edhi Centers, Child Protection Bureaus and other welfare institutions across the province, conducting interviews and recording video messages of the missing persons. These videos were circulated on social media, targeting specific areas.As a result, families were able to identify their loved ones and immediately contacted the Safe Cities team. After confirmation and completion of legal procedures, the individuals were handed over to their parents and guardians. So far, complete records of over 1,400 missing and abandoned persons from different welfare institutions have been incorporated into the Mera Pyara system. This advanced mechanism is equipped with Artificial Intelligence features, including facial recognition and data matching, which have made identification of missing persons possible.
