An Admonitory Sign — Page 6
[ 6 ] [religious extremism], that has put its claws into almost every area of the national life. Now the carotid artery of the national life is in its claws. This is happening not in just one country. Instead ‘ mull a ’ism ’ is being thrust upon the national life in accordance with a deliberate conspiracy by the anti-Islamic forces. As far as Pakistan is concerned, I had thought I would warn my countrymen of this threat. But this morning an incident took place due to which, for now, I will put it off. For now, I will inform you of the incident that took place this morning. This morning the phone rang at tahajjud [pre-dawn voluntary Prayer] and I learnt that it was an urgent call from Karachi in which I was told that the Meteorological department in Karachi (that hires some international experts) had issued a warning that is normally not expected due to the unique geographical location of Pakistan. In this regard it was an unusual event. It was that an extremely dangerous hurricane was fast moving to the coast of Karachi in Pakistan. About this, it was expected that it would hit the coastal area of Karachi around 10:00 a. m. Friday morning. Such hurricanes are usual for Bang- ladesh and they are familiar with them. Hundreds of thou- sands of lives are lost in such hurricanes and billions worth of property is damaged. But for the coastal areas of Karachi, this was totally strange and unique occurrence. Therefore the entire navy was alerted. All of the civil