Pakistan, Feb. 14 -- PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has once again proved to be an enviable example of prudence and political maturity in a country where much, much older and experienced men tend to play a zero-sum game. Despite his own grievances with the results of the general polls, he not only accepted the writing on the wall but even found the courage to acknowledge that he was in no position to form a government in his own name.

If, on one hand, PPP's decision to not be a part of the executive under the House of Sharifs is bound to garner the goodwill of the second-tier leadership and the ordinary voter, who had very openly said their mind about the ongoing politicking, this masterstroke will also lead to the troubles for arch...