Death on the high seas or on the streets of Karachi continues unabated and without any serious attempt by any quarter to put the brakes on these happenings.

According to latest reports, 771 people lost their lives in traffic accidents in Karachi while 8174 were injured suffering serious injuries of various types in 2004.

The same trend of death continued on the high seas with hundreds losing their lives within a few months in desperate attempts to migrate to European countries lured by false propaganda of living a life of luxury and the chance to earn large amounts of money.

While it might be hard to preempt traffic accidents it is quite different when it comes to smuggling human beings that have to go through a lot of paperwork and physical scrutiny before they exit our shores. I cannot imagine any father or brother deliberately putting their loved ones through the ordeal that illegal immigration entails if they are well informed and the tragic possibilities are well publicized.

It all starts with the so-called agents publicizing through........

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