May the 31st 2010 is the 75th anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck Quetta and its southern regions in 1935 . I have already written a great deal about it and this time round I thought I should reproduce (in a larger font) a few precautionary measures that I had written in 2005 in Urdu so that people at large could benefit from it. Please click on the following link to read the precautions, download it and pass it on to others. Thanks.
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From Jang online edition (Quetta News) of Thursday, May 14, 2009, Jamadi-ul-Awwal 18, 1430 A.H
In the last two decades things have changed dramatically in Quetta valley and the city has become a real ‘problemistan‘ now. Continue reading ‘Quetta: the woman who gave birth in a rickshaw’
After the devastating earthquake of October 29, it’s now the cold spell that’s hitting hard the affected region. In winter the temperature plummets to minus 15 in the Ziarat region. Though we are not in the midst of a full blown winter but living in a mountainous region under the open sky, without proper food and shelter is a recipe for further disaster. Continue reading ‘Ziarat Earthquake: cold weather and slow pace of rescue operations’
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I am really saddened to hear about the closing down of GEO TV – a news channel that was highly popular with Pakistanis abroad as well as at home. Though I had seen few of its programmes but unfortunately due to a busy life I had not subscribed to it otherwise I would have been very upset. I don’t know either what ideas and themes were discussed or what and whose agenda, left or right, was it following. Continue reading ‘Geo TV Taken Off-Air – my condolences to Pakistani nation!’
From Jang online: Saturday, July 21, 2007, Rajab 04, 1428 A.H
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Perhaps Quetta is the only place in Pakistan where its inhabitants are labeled by the discriminatory sticker of local or non-local! Continue reading ‘Local or non-local?’
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The sketch of a city street that you are going to watch is about an important civic issue. Can any one tell what could be the issue? Please view the sketch and comment – a little bit of mental exercise is good for both the brain and the mind! Continue reading ‘Can you tell what this sketch is all about?’
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Immediately after the October 2005 earthquake of Bala Kot/Kashmir region of Pakistan I wrote in Urdu about the precautionary measures that one must be aware of in case of a devastating earthquake. For the benefit of Quetta readers (in particular), I am reproducing the same here on this page (while the previous one is still available on this site in PDF version). As Quetta city is one of the earthquake prone cities of Pakisatn, we must therefore be ready for the BIG ONE in terms of disaster management. We should remain in such a state of preparedness that if the region is hit by a severe and devastating earthquake then we should know what to do while the earth is trembling and then later on how to deal with the aftermath. If we don’t get ready now then it will be too late to cope with the painful consequences. The authorities should also make sure the buildings are constructed according to the rules and regulations of building code that were written down after 1935 Quetta earthquake. To read earthquake precautions in Urdu please click.
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What happened last August in Dera Bugti, when Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed by the government forces, was sad and the path of a political dialogue or rapprochement should have been adopted in finding a viable solution to the then prevailing chaotic situation. To continue reading ‘burning our own busses’ please click here.
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