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How Professor Abdullahi Saleh Pakistan remains unshaken amid a tempest of lies, envy, and mercenary journalism

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"09DWb7Ld" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Dr&period; Usaini Jarma<&sol;p><div class&equals;"N9zRbpM5" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>In recent days&comma; a tide of misinformation has swept through sections of the media&comma; targeting the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria &lpar;NAHCON&rpar; and its Chairman&comma; Professor Sheikh Abdullahi Saleh Pakistan&period; From the alleys of envy to the corridors of deceit&comma; tongues have wagged&comma; pens have spilled venom&comma; and some have sold their honor for crumbs of vanity all in an attempt to soil the garment of integrity worn by this man of conscience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yet&comma; as the elders say&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You may hide smoke for a while&comma; but you cannot bury the flame&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The uproar against Sheikh Pakistan is nothing more than a storm in a teacup an illusion woven by those whose hearts cannot bear the brightness of truth&period; Like mist that briefly covers a mountain peak but vanishes when the sun rises&comma; these fabrications fade before the eyes of those who dare to look closer&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"1ZIlJTlR" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>At the center of the propaganda lies the claim that the EFCC is probing NAHCON over a staggering ₦50 billion a sum that could easily take over 5&comma;700 pilgrims to the Holy Land&period; But the question any rational mind must ask is simple&colon; from where did this phantom figure emerge&quest; Who reported that any funds vanished&quest; Which pilgrim complained that their journey was halted or their deposit stolen&quest; None&period; Silence answers all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If one were to calculate&comma; to raise such an amount from the pilgrims’ payments&comma; each pilgrim would have had to lose about ₦961&comma;000 an absurdity that even the wind of reason rejects&period; Yet&comma; rumor-mongers persist&comma; hurling stones of falsehood and praying that one may strike the head of innocence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The EFCC Episode&colon; A Theater of Deceit<br &sol;>&NewLine;The so-called EFCC probe was another theater of deceit&period; They claimed the Chairman was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;summoned” as though he were a common criminal&period; But he walked into their office like a man who owes no shadow an explanation calm&comma; dignified&comma; and transparent&period; He answered every question and walked out with his integrity unbroken&period; Those who expected his downfall were silenced like thunder after the rain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>But because the enemies of truth never sleep&comma; when one path failed&comma; they created another&period; They began to spread malicious tales&comma; claiming that Sheikh Pakistan insulted the Vice President a man of peace and courtesy&period; Yet there was no proof&colon; no video&comma; no audio&comma; no written evidence only the whispers of malice blowing from the caves of envy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their goal was simple&colon; to sow discord&comma; to pit brother against brother&comma; scholar against statesman&period; But Allah&comma; who knows the secrets of hearts&comma; exposed their deceit before it could take root&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Record of Integrity and Accountability<br &sol;>&NewLine;Let it not be forgotten that this same Professor Pakistan&comma; in 2023&comma; made history as the first NAHCON Chairman to refund money to pilgrims when he discovered that certain services fell short of standard 150 riyals each&comma; totaling over ₦5 billion&period; It was a gesture of honesty rarely seen in the corridors of public service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yet it was this very act of uprightness that birthed his enemies for he shut the doors through which they siphoned public trust&period; As the Hausa say&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When a hyena cannot snatch the goat&comma; it begins to cry that the rope is unfair&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Those who used to feast on the fat of corruption now gnash their teeth at the name of Pakistan&period; They seek to drag him through the mud because he refused to roll with the pigs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The War of the Pen&colon; Paid Journalism and Manufactured Outrage<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their conspiracy runs deep from the marketplace of rumors to the newsroom of corruption&period; Investigations have shown that among thirty-seven reports on NAHCON&comma; only one was based on fact&comma; nine were neutral&comma; and twenty-seven were dripping with deceit&comma; malice&comma; and mercenary journalism&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These are the hired tongues the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;briefcase journalists” who trade their pens for the price of pepper soup&comma; forgetting that beyond this world lies the Judgment where every lie shall speak for itself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Indeed&comma; it is said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When the wind refuses to rest&comma; it is because it has something to hide&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The plots against Professor Pakistan are proof that truth now walks the earth barefoot yet undefeated&period; He has become a thorn in the side of those who prefer darkness to dawn&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Let it be known&colon; Professor Pakistan is not a man of empty talk he is a man of action&period; Not one who chases fame&comma; but one who repairs what others have broken&period; Under his leadership&comma; NAHCON has regained moral structure&comma; financial clarity&comma; and institutional trust&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He is a reformer whose light has blinded the eyes of those who profit from darkness&period; If Nigeria truly seeks progress&comma; it must protect such men for when the righteous are silenced&comma; the floodgates of corruption reopen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the philosopher of Andalus once said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He who stands with truth may lean&comma; but he who stands on falsehood must always defend himself&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So stands Sheikh Abdullahi Saleh Pakistan upright&comma; steadfast&comma; and unbending as lies gather around him like dust around a diamond&period; The enemies of truth may shout&comma; but their noise shall fade&period; For history does not bow to rumor&semi; it records only deeds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And on that page of history&comma; the name of Pakistan will not be written in ink but engraved in gold&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>How Professor Abdullahi Saleh Pakistan remains unshaken amid a tempest of lies&comma; envy&comma; and mercenary journalism&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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