The greatest secret of all

And there was an attempt on Hojatol Eslam Rashid Akbar Niwani, whose being an MNA does not depend, as it did umpteen times before, on his being voted in by the voters of Bhakkar, but on the sanad granted by the Jamia Al-Muntazir of Lahore, which joined many institutions in making Chief Secretary Hafeez Akhtar Randhawa, their joint Registrar and empowered him to grant degrees from them. It is because of that sanad that not just Rasheed Akbar became an MNA, but Saeed Akbar became an MPA, and a minister in the last Cabinet. Saeed Akbar has left Shahbaz Sharif to be elected unopposed to his seat to become Chief Minister this time around, but it is he who enjoys the title of Hojatol Eslam as a result of the activities of ‘Registrar’ Randhawa back in 1993. The attempt on the Hojatol Eslam was probably carried out by activists from the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, who see no difference between Al-Muntazir grads, no matter the Registrar or the purpose, and think that killing them is the same as getting rid of Americans or their agents. But the real point to be noted is that the briefing did not stop this attempt, just as it did not stop the one on Asfand Yar Wali. It’s also amazing how the main men are nowhere near the blast, but the number of victims is above 15.

As for the greatest secret of all. Didn’t you already know? Well, perhaps you shouldn’t then, but the reality is that The War on Terror was started by the Americans, not anyone already here, or any Pakistani. So why are we also fighting it? And in the front line at that? You tell me. Otherwise I won’t know. Not answered at the briefing you see.