The centre has been set up under the 'Computerisation of Arms Licenses Project' of Information Technology Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Similar Computerised Arms License Centres have also been established in twelve other districts of the province including, Peshawar, Mardan, Nowshera, Malakand, Swat, Buner, D.I Khan, Bannu, Kohat, Haripur, Abbottabad and Karak which will formally be inaugurated soon.
The Project aims at computerizing of the entire process of manual issuance of arms licenses throughout the province. Citizens visiting the centres for obtaining computerized arms licenses will be facilitated through one window operation for all transactions including payment, token payment, c-payment counter, finger print, photographs, data entry and biometric record keeping.
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