Building Pakistan Notice Helper: A Small AI Tool for a Very Local Safety Problem

Pakistan Notice Helper is a safety-focused AI tool that helps users in Pakistan identify suspicious messages before clicking links, sharing sensitive data, or making payments.

• •Uses Qwen 3.5 4B quantized model selected for balance of quality, speed, cost, and deployment practicality over larger models
• •Detects warning signs like urgent threats, OTP/password requests, suspicious payment links, and impersonation of financial institutions
• •Provides bilingual support (English and Urdu) with proper RTL layout, language-specific UX, and model output in user's preferred language
• •Deployed via Hugging Face Space with custom Gradio frontend, Modal endpoint, and CUDA llama.cpp backend
• •Key insight: optimal model selection requires balancing raw quality against cost, cold-start performance, and practical deployment constraints