{
  "id": 17364516,
  "title": "Islamabad Police Promoting Terrible Safety App to Citizens That Doesn’t Even Work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/islamabad-police-promoting-terrible-safety-app-to-citizens-that",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T07:49:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ProPakistani",
    "slug": "propakistani",
    "url": "https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/31/islamabad-police-promoting-terrible-safety-app-to-citizens-that-doesnt-even-work/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Islamabad Police has been promoting a taxi safety app called the Taxi Verification System (TVS) to citizens, but the app is failing to meet expectations. During testing by ProPakistani, the app was unable to create an account and faced numerous negative reviews on the Google Play Store due to similar issues. The app's primary function is to allow passengers to verify a taxi and its driver before starting a journey, but it only works with drivers who are registered on the app. This significantly limits its usefulness, as many drivers may not voluntarily register and there is no assurance that every taxi driver in Islamabad will sign up. Only around 13,000 drivers have reportedly signed up since the app's launch in July 2025, leaving a large gap in the system's ability to verify all the taxis citizens encounter. The registration process itself is problematic, as demonstrated by personal attempts to create an account that consistently resulted in a \"Something went wrong\" error, as seen in the accompanying screenshot. The app's Google Play Store page contains numerous negative reviews from users who reported difficulties registering accounts and logging in, with some users having their login requests pending for over a year. Other users encountered errors stating \"user not found\" or \"weak internet connection.\" While the app's main purpose overlaps with features already available in popular ride-hailing services like Yango and InDrive, which already allow passengers to check the driver's identity and vehicle details before getting into a car, there is no guarantee that passengers will be protected from malicious drivers who can easily fake this information on these platforms. Ultimately, a safety app needs to be accessible, reliable, and capable of covering all potential risks. The TVS app has not yet achieved this, risking becoming another publicly-funded mobile application that appears useful on paper but offers limited practical value to citizens.",
  "summary": "The Islamabad Police is promoting a terrible taxi safety app to citizens that hardly works and has little point. In … Read More The post Islamabad Police Promoting Terrible Safety App to Citizens That Doesn’t Even Work appeared first on ProPakistani .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}