People are disgusted as private pictures of passengers leaked allegedly by Safe City authorities

Pakistan Safe Cities Authority, which was established in 2016 to keep cities safer, has come under fire for allegedly leaking passengers' private pictures caught on PSCA cameras.

The pictures, which mainly were leaked to target women, were shared through social media platforms especially WhatsApp and there are claims that the images were leaked by the police.

PSCA has denied the allegations via a Facebook post, saying that it follows strict data protection and privacy laws.

https://www.facebook.com/punjabsafecities/photos/a.1612808412302689/2178878155695709/?type=3&theater

Here are the leaked images

The interesting part is that Lahore authorities claim that the images are from Islamabad and Islamabad authorities claim that the images are from Lahore.

Social Media has also reacted and shown disgust over the issue, saying that the leak of images is a breach of privacy and ethics.

People claim that the images were leaked by police.

People are also calling for stringent privacy laws.

https://twitter.com/hyzaidi/status/1086978743824982018

'Safe or smart cities require comprehensive data protection policies following International best standards'

https://twitter.com/nighatdad/status/1087026317491662848

'Government should investigate the matter'

https://twitter.com/SherySyed_/status/1087029158809604096

DC Islamabad says the pictures were not leaked from Islamabad

https://twitter.com/dcislamabad/status/1087029082271989760

But the bottomline is that the pictures were leaked and it is a breach of someone's privacy.

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