WRONG INFORMATION: This is with reference to the report `Timeline: Cyclones over the years with Pakistan in their path` (Dawn.Com, June 13).
The information given about the cyclone that had supposedly hit Karachi on Dec 15, 1965, and `killed around 10,000 people` is factually incorrect. The cyclone had actually struck Chittagong in the erstwhile East Pakistan which subsequently became Bangladesh. The misleading information is available on a personal blog of a `weather hobbyist`, and has unfortunately been mentioned even in a document titled: `Living With Disasters: Disaster profiling of districts of Pakistan` that is available on the website of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Let there be no confusion, Karachi has never in its history faced such a calamity.
Shakir Lakhani Karachi > WORTH A LESSON: Quite a few Pakistanis were among those who lost their lives when their boat capsized in Greek waters as they tried to enter Europe illegally. In another tragic incident, two Pakistanis were among those who lost their lives in a submersible carrying billionaires who were on a leisure trip.
There is a lesson in these two tragic incidents for the billionaires. Instead of spending hefty amounts on leisure trips, they must help the poor nations of the world. Human trafficking is common in Pakistan, but no concrete steps have ever been taken by successive governments to bring to justice those involved in this inhuman and heinous crime. It is obvious that trafficking networks cannot operate without the support of people who are responsible to check human smuggling.
Aamir Agil Lahore LIVING CONDITIONS: Financial constraints have made it impossible for a lot of people to have their houses properly maintained. Unsafe electrical systems in such cases present a constant threat to human lives. No one quite knows what can be done in this regard.
