It was terrifying to say the least. We have often heard the proverb being used again and again but this one was a real earth mover. It occurred at about 52 minutes past 8 in the morning while most of our urban population was still asleep in their homes. The jolts kept on coming for about a minute and 10 seconds and then there were lighter jolts in the evening. I was fulfilling my new found glory in the field of gardening when our tractor started shaking like mad. It was literally heaving its huge heavy body sideways like some shaky pendulum.
Then my father called in and told me that the quake had been hard on Rawalpindi and Islamabad. I talked to my relatives there to ensure that they were safe and away from harm's way. Afterwards I switched on the Television. Thus starts my cynicism for the whole event!
The anchor on the TV was so disturbed that he could not even tell the story right. At one point in time he is telling us all the reports from the mets department and goes, "According to the mets department the Quake was of the severity of 7.6 on the richter scale. They say that InshaAllah, if Allah wills, my dear viewers, the series of jolts will continue for sometime, inshaAllah! It was as if he had no idea what was going on and he was just there to fill in the gaps with his monotonous rant about the greatness of political gigolos of this country. He had news of every damn bastard politician arriving at the scenes of calamity to see what had happened. In the meanwhile I so wished a slab of concrete had slipped on the dictator and all of his cronies.
The prime minister of this country is so afraid of dying that he could not manage an on sight presence initially till the time later in the evening when his security had cleared the area of 'the rubbish poor bastards of this country.'The president of the ruling party who is in himself a big looser also felt it pertinent to make hay while sun was shining. He appeared on the TV assuring all the 'avid' listeners of his party's active support. But if you ask me this Quake was meant for him and his party from God for committing henious crimes in the election process that had finished a day ago. But then again Go never kills evil properly; does He?
My uncle and his family are stuck in the mountains where they had gone for a vacation. We have not been able to contact him thus far. May Allah keep them safe and in his care. Ameen!
Then my father called in and told me that the quake had been hard on Rawalpindi and Islamabad. I talked to my relatives there to ensure that they were safe and away from harm's way. Afterwards I switched on the Television. Thus starts my cynicism for the whole event!
The anchor on the TV was so disturbed that he could not even tell the story right. At one point in time he is telling us all the reports from the mets department and goes, "According to the mets department the Quake was of the severity of 7.6 on the richter scale. They say that InshaAllah, if Allah wills, my dear viewers, the series of jolts will continue for sometime, inshaAllah! It was as if he had no idea what was going on and he was just there to fill in the gaps with his monotonous rant about the greatness of political gigolos of this country. He had news of every damn bastard politician arriving at the scenes of calamity to see what had happened. In the meanwhile I so wished a slab of concrete had slipped on the dictator and all of his cronies.
The prime minister of this country is so afraid of dying that he could not manage an on sight presence initially till the time later in the evening when his security had cleared the area of 'the rubbish poor bastards of this country.'The president of the ruling party who is in himself a big looser also felt it pertinent to make hay while sun was shining. He appeared on the TV assuring all the 'avid' listeners of his party's active support. But if you ask me this Quake was meant for him and his party from God for committing henious crimes in the election process that had finished a day ago. But then again Go never kills evil properly; does He?
My uncle and his family are stuck in the mountains where they had gone for a vacation. We have not been able to contact him thus far. May Allah keep them safe and in his care. Ameen!
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