A shopping mall official (left) uses thermal scanner to check the temperature of shoppers before they enter at the Centaurus Mall after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad. Pakistan's intelligence agencies are using secretive surveillance technology they initially deployed to locate militants to instead track people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said. — AFP
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s intelligence services are deploying secretive surveillance technology normally used to locate militants to instead track coronavirus patients and the people they come into contact with.
In a programme publicly touted by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the government has turned to the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) for help in tackling the virus, which still is spreading at an accelerating rate across Pakistan.
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A shopping mall official (left) uses thermal scanner to check the temperature of shoppers before they enter at the Centaurus Mall after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad. Pakistan's intelligence agencies are using secretive surveillance technology they initially deployed to locate militants to instead track people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said. — AFP
Shopping mall officials tag a scan sign on the floor at the main entrance of the Centaurus Mall after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad. Pakistan's intelligence agencies are using secretive surveillance technology they initially deployed to locate militants to instead track people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said. — AFP
Shopping mall officials tag a scan sign on the floor at the main entrance of the Centaurus Mall after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad. Pakistan's intelligence agencies are using secretive surveillance technology they initially deployed to locate militants to instead track people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said. — AFP
Shopping mall officials tag a scan sign on the floor at the main entrance of the Centaurus Mall after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad. Pakistan's intelligence agencies are using secretive surveillance technology they initially deployed to locate militants to instead track people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said. — AFP
A shopping mall official (unseen) uses a thermal scanner to check the temperature of shoppers before they enter at the Centaurus Mall after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad. Pakistan's intelligence agencies are using secretive surveillance technology they initially deployed to locate militants to instead track people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said. — AFP
A shopping mall official (left) uses a thermal scanner to check the temperature of shoppers before they enter at the Centaurus Mall after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad. Pakistan's intelligence agencies are using secretive surveillance technology they initially deployed to locate militants to instead track people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said. — AFP
A woman wearing a face mask walks past a thermal scanner before entering the Centaurus Mall after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad. Pakistan's intelligence agencies are using secretive surveillance technology they initially deployed to locate militants to instead track people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said. — AFP
