Lahore and Karachi’s inferno, Pakistan’s biggest fire disaster, has brought to the public notice thousands of other such factories, many of them situated right in the middle of heavily populated areas. What is the government -- both federal and the provincial ones -- going to do about it is obvious from the lukewarm response of most of the leaders appearing on the media, who did not appear enthusiastic about the idea of relocating them. But surprisingly, unlike Ministers in the country react to how such mishaps, the Minister for Commerce and Industry Rauf Siddiqui in the Sindh government tendered his resignation on Friday.The National Assembly has passed a joint resolution urging that the investigations into the inferno be carried out by a judicial commission. But does the National Assembly know that there are already bylaws, which are invariably flouted, as the official monitors look the other way. If these had been implemented, the fire would never have occurred in the first place. In these death factories, workers are packed like sardines; the compounds lack ventilation system, and usually there is only one door that is used as an exit and entry point. Likewise, little attention is paid to the wiring. And what makes these places the ultimate death dungeons is lack of any fire extinguishing equipment. An intense campaign must begin against all such factories. They must be relocated in industrial areas, and allowed to operate only after necessary safety and fire prevention measures are in place.