Published in the Friday Times
This is with reference to the letter under the caption "The real moral lesson "(Oct, 30). The writer has suggested that the scriptures should also be consulted for finding the reasons for the recent earthquake.
I'm not an expert on religious matters, but all the religious scholars in the mosques I pray in are of the unanimous opinion that the earthquake occurred because of the sins and moral corruption of the people of the area.
They also say that the time of death of each individual is fixed, which means that those who died in the quake-stricken regions would have perished at the exact time of their deaths even if there had been no earthquake.
Therefore, we cannot blame the builder of the Margalla Towers, since those who were unlucky enough to be buried under the rubble would have died anyway, even if the building had not collapsed. Consequently, there is no use making rules and regulations to force builders to construct earthquake-resistant structures.
Will someone who knows about such things shed light on this matter.
Shakir Lakhani
Karachi
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