Breaking News:Quake-hit town wears the look of a devastated medieval settlement
SITUATIONER: Quake-hit town wears the look of a devastated medieval settlement Residents gather near a damaged house following an earthquake in Harnai, Balochistan, on Thursday. — Reuters “AIMAAL” (deeds) is the word one frequently comes across following an earthquake in the quake-prone Balochistan province. En route to Harnai district in northern Balochistan, this is what I heard from the driver of the vehicle I had hired. Driver Mohammad Mobeen kept on repeating it throughout the journey on the bumpy road. “Earthquake occurs due to our “Aimaal” because we are sinful Muslims,” he told me while driving, and he knows me as the “breaking news man”. “Instead of rectifying ourselves, we commit sins, which is why we have to face natural disasters such as earthquake.” Mobeen is a self-opinionated person and a conversationalist. He does not provide me an opportunity to interrupt him. He has started his sermon after I asked him to turn on music during the tiresome journey. Instead of obe...
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