PSCA vs PowerSmartApp

PSCA – Public Safety App, developed by the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA), is an all-in-one mobile application designed to enhance public safety, emergency response, and citizen engagement across Punjab. The app empowers users to access vital safety services from their smartphones, including: Alert-15 Emergency Button: Instantly makes a direct GSM audio call to Police-15 and notifies authorities and the user’s emergency contacts with live location. Live Chat & Video Support: Connect with support services such as the Virtual Women Police Station (VWPS), Virtual Center for Child Safety (VCCS), and other citizen support platforms. (Video call is used for citizen support and accessibility, not as a replacement for emergency numbers). Accessibility Support: Sign language video calls for hearing-impaired citizens, ensuring effective communication with support staff. E-Challans: Check, download, and manage challans conveniently. Complaint Management: File and track complaints, including Police-15, VWPS, VCCS, and the Meesaq Minorities Center. Blood Donor Network: Register as a donor, request blood, and track progress in real time. GPS-Based Services: Locate nearby police stations and access emergency contacts such as Rescue 1122, Motorway Police, and Punjab Highway Patrol. Mera Pyara Services: Report missing or found persons/children to help families reconnect. With its focus on digital transformation, accessibility, and citizen convenience, the PSCA – Public Safety App is a step forward in building a safer and more responsive Punjab. Disclaimer: Video call features are provided for citizen support and accessibility (e.g., sign language assistance). They are not used for emergency numbers such as 15 or 1122.

Power Smart, a mobile application that is serving the power consumers of Pakistan by providing salient features to monitor energy consumption for multiple meters that a user can associate with his profile in the app. This includes daily, monthly profiles for load, voltage and current, keeps the consumers updated about their daily load shedding both scheduled and planned. The smart energy advisor is an intelligent service within app with which consumers can set a threshold for their consumption and get notified about it at various stages during consumption. The application also depicts the monthly electricity actual bill along with its status i.e. paid or unpaid for the associated reference numbers. The application is also assisting in the automation of different services provided by the power sector including new connection, change of attributes, due date extension, meter change request, meter reading correction, opt for smart meter and many others. The application enables users to initiate the above-mentioned request for their associated meters. Being integrated with the system it keeps the consumer update about the processes by sending push notifications.