Human trafficking is a very serious social issue and has brought Pakistan to the limelight with a humanitarian focus, but there is not much focus in the media on this critical human rights problem. This was observed by media experts during a consultation held on Wednesday. The consultation was a critical part of a project of International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and was arranged and conducted by PINFO, an info-knowledge and communication management organisation. IOM at present is working in the districts of Pakistan where human trafficking is endemic. The human trafficking cannot be seen in vacuum, the participants noted and shared that the countries where this issue was rampant were usually politically unstable and economically weak. “The people of these countries only wish to leave their areas and go to greener pastures,” a participant noted and added that situation in Pakistan was also challenging. There was a consensus among the participants that Pakistan’s society must appreciate the actuality of the problem and should not fall prey to the fallacious promises that the human traffickers usually made.
