Today is the day. Dozens dead already in bomb blasts and shoot outs and car accidents; imagine if there had been a death toll to a US election! In some ways the best outcome would be a PTI government – to paraphrase Asma Jehangir quoted on How to Pakistan, so the bastards learn what it is to have to govern. No, the best outcome would be for the few liberal voices – Jibran Nasir, Amamr Rashid, Mohsin Dawar etc to win, and for the parties to remain committed to the political system so that the powers behind realise that for all their maneuvering, there is a momentum they can’t break.
Wouldn’t it be typical of Pakistan to go democratic at the time when the global trend is the other way.
Chale chalo ke vo manzil abhi nahi ayi