Prime Minister's speech on TV on July 22 was a joke. On issues like the Kerry Lugar Bill or APTTA agreement, leave alone the people of Pakistan not even their Parliament was taken into confidence. What was so special about the extension of General Kayani? Another joke came from our federal Minister of Education, Assef Ahmed Ali. He said in a TV interview that the HEC has no right to check degrees of the cheats. Instead of supporting the HEC and supporting checking of fake degrees, the minister is trying to save the corrupt parliamentarians who have fake degrees. Yet another joke is the Law Minister Babar Awan. The HEC must tell the nation what is the status of his doctoral degree and if that is fake, the nation must be told of this and Babar Awan should be made to resign. A fourth joke is Senator Raza Abidi. About four months ago in a TV program, he had openly announced that the culprits of Benazir Bhutto's murder will be arrested and shown on TV. Four months have passed since but there is no clue of BB's killers. Hillary Clinton, who was recently on a visit to Pakistan, can also cut a joke or two. She had once said that in case of an attack on US by terrorists of Pakistani origin, Pakistan will have to suffer serious consequences. Well, if US can arrange a 911 itself, it can also arrange a mock attack on US to punish Pakistan. India too is quite capable of doing that. It seems the present aim of both India and US is to target Pakistan, by hook or by crook. -DR. IJAZUL HASSAN, Rawalpindi, July 24.