Punjab govt, Huawei inaugurate Lahore Safe City Project

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shehbaz Sharif recently chaired an inauguration ceremony of Punjab Police Integrated Command, Control and Communication Center (PPIC3) Lahore project.

In attendance at the ceremony were Huawei Deputy Chairman and Rotating CEO Guo Ping, Punjab Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Rana Sanaullah, Punjab Minister for Counter-Terrorism Lt Col Ayub Khan, Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Jahangir Khanzada, as well as foreign ambassadors, ministers, and police officers.

The PPIC3 project has been planned, designed, and implemented by Huawei, and covers a wide range of municipal works including CCTV cameras across the whole city, E-challan and Red Light Monitoring System, and Automatic License Plate Recognition System. The project will also involve the deployment of more than 600 police communication posts, and a platform comprised of 25 different software products.

The project will protect the safety and security of citizens and their properties, while also playing a role in counter-terrorism surveillance.

Shehbaz Sharif thanked the project team for their dedication, including international contractors like Huawei. He said that the project had brought Lahore to the next level, making the city comparable to many top-tier cities in the Middle East, Europe, and Russia.

During his speech, Guo Ping congratulated Shehbaz Sharif and the people of Punjab for the successful inauguration of the PPIC3 Lahore project. Guo said, “This project has significantly improved Lahore’s security and emergency management capabilities. It is a key milestone in this city’s path to becoming a safe city, and eventually a smart city.”

He further said, “We will soon enter an intelligent world. In this world, all things will be able to sense, all things will be connected, and all things will be intelligent. Huawei is committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organisation to help build a fully connected, intelligent world,” he added.

Guo continued, “In terms of scale, functionality, and technology, the Lahore project is one of the largest projects in the industry. We faced tremendous challenges. However, by working closely with the Punjab government, we managed to overcome these challenges and created many leading safe city practices, including the LTE-A mission-critical broadband communications system, the Integrated Communication Platform (ICP), and the end-to-end disaster recovery system. The most powerful license plate and facial recognition system are also deployed in the city.”

Inspector General of Police and other honourable guests also spoke at the inauguration ceremony.