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President Zardari approves ordinance to protect Islamabad’s Safe City infrastructure

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Wasim, A. (2026, September 26). President Zardari approves ordinance to protect Islamabad’s Safe City infrastructure. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2032789/president-zardari-approves-ordinance-to-protect-islamabads-safe-city-infrastructure

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President Asif Zardari approved an ordinance on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to protect Islamabad’s Safe City camera and surveillance infrastructure from damage. The ordinance allows for financial penalties up to Rs2 million per damaged item and holds organizers responsible if damage occurs during public events like protests or strikes. It also outlines a process for determining fines, allowing appeals before the District and Sessions Judge within 30 days, and specifies that recovered amounts will be used for repairs and replacements of damaged infrastructure.

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President Asif Zardari, on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, approved the Islamabad Capital Territory Safe City Camera and Surveillance Infrastructure Protection and Damage Compensation Ordinance in early October. The ordinance aims to safeguard cameras and surveillance systems from damage and ensure compensation for any harm caused to them. Financial penalties up to Rs2 million can be imposed for each damaged camera or piece of infrastructure, with organizers potentially held responsible if the damage occurs during public events like protests. The President’s Office announced the approval on X, highlighting measures to protect Islamabad's Safe City infrastructure amidst planned PTI protests scheduled for October 4.

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🔮 Under the ordinance, financial penalties may be imposed for damaging Safe City cameras and surveillance infrastructure, as well as for inciting or encouraging such damage.

2026-09-26 · mixed framing · President Zardari approves ordinance to protect Islamabad’s Safe City infrastructure

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Topics

ISLAMABAD Presidency The President’s Office the District and Sessions Judge the Islamabad Capital Territory Safe City Camera and Surveillance Infrastructure Protection and Damage Compensation Ordinance

Subjects

ISLAMABAD GPE · 4× Adiala GPE · 1× Asif Zardari PERSON · 1× Imran Khan PERSON · 1× PTI ORG · 1× Presidency ORG · 1× Rawalpindi GPE · 1× Shehbaz Sharif PERSON · 1× The President’s Office ORG · 1× the District and Sessions Judge ORG · 1×

Narrative

The move to protect the infrastructure of the capital comes after the PTI deferred its planned protest to Islamabad until Oct 4 for the release of its founder, Imran Khan, who is currently incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail.

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🔮 Under the ordinance, financial penalties may be imposed for damaging Safe City cameras and surveillance infrastructure, as well as for inciting or encouraging such damage.

2026-09-26 · Dawn

President Zardari approves ordinance to protect Islamabad’s Safe City infrastructure · mixed framing

Claims (12 extracted, 5 hedged)

President Asif Zardari, on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, has approved the Islamabad Capital Territory Safe City Camera and Surveillance Infrastructure Protection and Damage Compensation Ordinance. asserted

Zardari → approve → Ordinance

The ordinance aims to protect Safe City cameras and surveillance systems from damage and ensure compensation for any damage caused to them. asserted

ordinance → aim → them

Under the ordinance, financial penalties may be imposed for damaging Safe City cameras and surveillance infrastructure, as well as for inciting or encouraging such damage. uncertain

penalties → impose → damage

The President’s Office announced the approval in a post on X, saying the ordinance was titled the Islamabad Capital Territory Safe City Camera and Surveillance Infrastructure Protection and Damage Compensation Ordinance. asserted

ordinance → announce → Ordinance

In case of damage, a fine of up to Rs2 million may be imposed for each camera or piece of infrastructure. uncertain

fine → impose → infrastructure

If the damage occurs during a public meeting, procession, sit-in, protest, strike or gathering, the organisers may also be held responsible, the Presidency added. uncertain

Presidency → occur → meeting

The amount of the fine and the cost of the damage will be determined by an authorised officer after providing the person concerned with an opportunity to be heard. asserted

amount → determine → opportunity

It further said the person concerned would have the right to appeal against the determination of the fine or cost of the damage before the District and Sessions Judge, Islamabad, within 30 days. asserted

person → say → days

In case of non-payment of the prescribed fine or compensation, the amount may be recovered as arrears of land revenue. uncertain

amount → prescribe → revenue

The amount recovered in the form of fines and compensation will be spent on the repair and replacement of Safe City cameras and surveillance infrastructure, it added. asserted

it → recover → cameras

who → protect → jail

Despite a large contingent of law enforcement personnel and the party’s claims of a peaceful protest, the miscreants damaged 441 cameras of Safe City Authority during the march to Islamabad in 2024, according to the officials. uncertain

miscreants → damage → officials