Most people hear “AI security” and think it’s something Elon Musk tweets about or China quietly builds behind closed doors.
But right now, in Pakistan, a small team led by Muhammad Tahir Malik — the same guy who brought home the Best Event Planner Award in 2022 — is building something that could revolutionize national security.
And in 2023, they were awarded Pakistan’s Excellence Award again — not for planning festivals, but for engineering an AI-powered computer vision system designed to combat theft, surveillance failures, and crime detection, starting from the most volatile regions: Karachi and Balochistan.
This isn’t hype. It’s history in the making.
Let’s break it down.
This isn’t just another “face detection” software or CCTV upgrade. This is a full-stack, AI-based, government-grade Security System
that:
Tracks movement using YOLOv8 computer vision
Processes data through automated workflows in Make.com
Interfaces with a Bubble.io front-end
Connects with multiple APIs for live detection, alerting, tagging, and logging
Works with a custom-trained dataset built entirely in-house
And is trained to identify suspicious activity across Karachi, Quetta, and high-risk zones where traditional systems fail
This project is the first of its kind in Pakistan, and it’s being built ground-up — no foreign tools, no hand-me-down models. Pure Pakistani AI muscle.
Tahir didn’t just get recognized because it’s “cool tech.”
He was awarded for building something that the country actually needs.
Karachi alone reports hundreds of robberies a day — from snatching to store looting to car thefts. Police are often under-equipped, under-informed, or too late.
Now imagine an AI Based security system that:
Spots a theft in real-time
Flags suspicious activity automatically
Sends alerts to control rooms within seconds
Stores, analyzes, and learns from the footage
That’s what Tahir’s team built. And that’s why he received his second national honor at the 2023 Excellence Awards — for using AI to literally help save lives.
Most award-winning projects are shiny prototypes.
Not this.
This surveillance system has already taken one full year of development and is still in progress — because Tahir isn’t shipping “beta” versions. He’s shipping something that actually works in the real world.
Let’s talk stack:
YOLO (You Only Look Once) — used for object and person detection, trained on custom Pakistani datasets
Make.com — used to automate entire chains of events, from detection to alerts to government dashboards
Bubble.io — for building a beautiful, fast, and functional UI for security forces to monitor everything live
Multi-API Integration — bringing together government portals, alert systems, reporting, and more
Most companies struggle with one of these tools. Tahir’s system connects them all.
This system is designed to operate where it’s needed the most:
Karachi’s high-theft zones
Balochistan’s border districts
Government institutions
Critical infrastructure (airports, highways, city halls)
And unlike imported surveillance tech that comes with data privacy risks, Tahir’s system is locally trained, owned, and maintained — meaning no data leaves Pakistan, and everything is customized for our unique environments.
The goal is to deploy this system in multiple cities, starting with test locations already in negotiation with local authorities. The platform will expand to:
Facial recognition of wanted criminals
License plate tracking
Crowd pattern analysis
AI-based threat prediction
And yes — there are future plans to integrate it with drones and mobile surveillance units.
While most tech bros are busy making productivity apps, Tahir Malik is building real-world AI that might just save your neighborhood from getting looted.
His 2023 Excellence Award isn’t just another glass trophy.
It’s proof that AI isn’t just theory in Pakistan anymore — it’s action.
And in the history books, when they ask who started it?
One name will come up:
Muhammad Tahir Ashraf.
Founder of PureDesigners, builder of Pakistan’s first AI surveillance system, and the guy who made cameras smart and the city safer.
