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Safe-Sawar: Building Pakistan's First NADRA-Verified Carpooling App with React Native

DEV Community·HydraBytes·18 days ago
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Fuel prices in Pakistan have more than doubled in recent years. For millions of daily commuters, especially women, the options are limited: overcrowded public transport with safety concerns, expensive ride-hailing, or burning through a salary on petrol. Carpooling is the obvious solution, but existing platforms do not address the trust and safety barriers that prevent adoption. We built Safe-Sawar (محفوظ سوار, "Safe Rider") to change that: Pakistan's first NADRA-verified carpooling platform with separate women and men sections, biometric identity verification, and an offline emergency SOS system. Why Existing Solutions Fall Short Ride-sharing apps like Careem and InDrive connect strangers with no identity verification beyond a phone number. For women commuters, this is a non-starter. You should not have to take a stranger's word for who they are when getting into their car. The trust problem goes deeper than just identity. Even with verification, how do you know the person is connected to your community?…

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