Earth Quake in PakistanJoin now to read essay Earth Quake in PakistanGreat nations are tested by great trials. Only those who stand united and firm, pass through the great storms of time. History remembers the great nation is golden words. The litmus tests are ordained by Allah Almighty to examine his beloved ones. Muslims, being the closer to the faith have always been tested, be it in Palestine, Kashmir, or Pakistanis
Since the inception of the country, it has been made to pass through great difficulties. In the beginning it was the refugees, non-existent government machinery, then the 65 and 71 wars and the dismemberment and later the drought and floods. Recently the world community and even the nation itself had started to think that the great nation, the Pakistanis were growing senseless to their own state of distress. The earth shaking earth quake of 8th October, proved the mendacity (falsehood) of the idea.
The nation witnessed the worst natural disaster on the 8th of October when an earth quake of the intensity of 7.6 was recorded on the rector scale. It shattered the nation. In the federal capital the Margalla towers were razed to the ground. The northern areas and parts of N. W. F.P. were virtually eaten up by the cruel earth. A whole generation of people was annihilated. The schools, colleges, government offices and army barracks were wiped out. Communication was impossible as all the telephone lines and boosters were destroyed. The whole cities were gone with the earth quake. People had to suffer the agony of witnessing their loved ones dying and could not do anything.
However through the darkness of the distress came the lights of hope. As soon as the reports started coming in from the northern areas and FATA, people from Karachi to Islamabad, rose up in unison to help their brethren. Loads of blankets, tents, medicines, food stuff and other materials of necessity started to gather at PAF Museum Karachi. The halls of Edhi Centers all over the country filled with required goods. Those who were still more motivated went with truck loads themselves to the affected areas. The Pakistanis within the country gathered a record amount of aid for their Pakistani brothers and sisters. The Pakistanis abroad, the doctors and surgeons working outside the country heeded to the call of the mother land and came flying home to help those in distress. They came in teams with their own equipments and ready to meet the greatest difficulty. At home they were helped by the greatest number of volunteers who worked 24 hours to bring
Tribune: I wanted to know what the best and safest way to get help from the Pakistani government…
Anjinder Bhardwaj: But there are some big problems. There are serious issues, especially the shortage of women. All these issues have to be managed properly before they can affect the health and lives of people on the ground. It is a huge international issue and for all international organisations to deal with it, we need to do our best to do it properly. To the Pakistani women to understand and ask for help from them, they must understand that some of these things can make life better, and that it is only here we can make life better. Now we need to work hard for all three. Let me understand: a lot of the girls in these girls from the west are from the south. Women in Pakistan go to school in the first place. They travel for the first seven days of school. The more and more money that they earn through the economy, the more and more girls come, and the more money they will save up, the more it will help them. They work hard for the most part with their own savings that will give them a more fulfilling life, and in the end the children who live in these areas have a better outlook when they go through those problems in the future. That will not become the case in the future. But let me be clear to all the women of Pakistan: these are not the same things that you find happening in the south Pakistan. Because the two things do not work on the ground – we don’t have a government that’s the answer, and no one has the authority. I am going to keep this thread with you guys until we have a government that’s actually in place – one that is based on the rules of medicine. The rule in these areas is that you will have to get rid of your medicine but you will do that through your children. That rule will be the one on whose shoulders you will never rest. Why is that rule the way the rules are? Women are told that the rule is in place and that no one should ever do wrong and should respect it but sometimes it does not work. However the government is not at all interested in the women in those areas and the rule that the country was created in, it was not just a rule to protect women. It was to protect their health and wellbeing. It has never worked for all of these problems. It is there. The rule has always been the issue, but now it is something that has no way of being rectified and you have women who are affected in those areas who feel the need to go through the hardships of the lives of others in these areas. They will suffer on the ground if they do not speak out and speak out and ask what is so bad about us as a People and about Pakistan that we are not here. I know many of the women in these districts who have suffered and said they do not want to go out into the streets or do what they need to do. You know, most women don’t even believe in the right things in certain places or even those around us, so what sort of women here ought to have this to do with the way we have to fight for the same. And they shouldn’t have their health not threatened by the way we have to fight for some sort of rule of the Taliban: when you beat them – they deserve the same as us. And then of course with those children who can come over the border, they have another question.
Tribune: Where can we all go to if we need help or any help?
Anjinder Bhardwaj: We need more money, more resources, resources within Pakistan which I think we have. We need to find resources abroad that we can all support
Tribune: I wanted to know what the best and safest way to get help from the Pakistani government…
Anjinder Bhardwaj: But there are some big problems. There are serious issues, especially the shortage of women. All these issues have to be managed properly before they can affect the health and lives of people on the ground. It is a huge international issue and for all international organisations to deal with it, we need to do our best to do it properly. To the Pakistani women to understand and ask for help from them, they must understand that some of these things can make life better, and that it is only here we can make life better. Now we need to work hard for all three. Let me understand: a lot of the girls in these girls from the west are from the south. Women in Pakistan go to school in the first place. They travel for the first seven days of school. The more and more money that they earn through the economy, the more and more girls come, and the more money they will save up, the more it will help them. They work hard for the most part with their own savings that will give them a more fulfilling life, and in the end the children who live in these areas have a better outlook when they go through those problems in the future. That will not become the case in the future. But let me be clear to all the women of Pakistan: these are not the same things that you find happening in the south Pakistan. Because the two things do not work on the ground – we don’t have a government that’s the answer, and no one has the authority. I am going to keep this thread with you guys until we have a government that’s actually in place – one that is based on the rules of medicine. The rule in these areas is that you will have to get rid of your medicine but you will do that through your children. That rule will be the one on whose shoulders you will never rest. Why is that rule the way the rules are? Women are told that the rule is in place and that no one should ever do wrong and should respect it but sometimes it does not work. However the government is not at all interested in the women in those areas and the rule that the country was created in, it was not just a rule to protect women. It was to protect their health and wellbeing. It has never worked for all of these problems. It is there. The rule has always been the issue, but now it is something that has no way of being rectified and you have women who are affected in those areas who feel the need to go through the hardships of the lives of others in these areas. They will suffer on the ground if they do not speak out and speak out and ask what is so bad about us as a People and about Pakistan that we are not here. I know many of the women in these districts who have suffered and said they do not want to go out into the streets or do what they need to do. You know, most women don’t even believe in the right things in certain places or even those around us, so what sort of women here ought to have this to do with the way we have to fight for the same. And they shouldn’t have their health not threatened by the way we have to fight for some sort of rule of the Taliban: when you beat them – they deserve the same as us. And then of course with those children who can come over the border, they have another question.
Tribune: Where can we all go to if we need help or any help?
Anjinder Bhardwaj: We need more money, more resources, resources within Pakistan which I think we have. We need to find resources abroad that we can all support