Sindh police has undertaken the task of preparing an application for verifying the particulars of domestic workers in the city of Karachi.
According to the police, the objective of the application is to protect citizens from “dubious elements” and preventing them from hiring persons with criminal backgrounds.
The initiative has been taken following the emergence of multiple reports of the involvement of domestic servants in crimes, particularly in posh areas of the metropolis.
Speaking on the matter, South District SSP Sheeraz Nazeer said they would collect the data of domestic workers during the first phase of preparing the launch. He explained citizens would be able to upload the data of a prospective domestic worker using the application and in case the latter had a criminal record, a red tick would appear on the screen.
Hopefully the initiative would result in “the crime graph going down”.
There have been many cases where the house staff has been found guilty of robberies as well as murder, so if this app were to actually go live and work well, it could really help in keeping the city safe.
