Pakistan, Feb. 13 -- In an utopian scenario, Pakistan could have been well on its way on taking a page out of an applaud-worthy American thriller and appointing its first-ever Independent head of government. But as realities dictate, the foreseeable future of its parliamentary trajectory depends on the power-sharing equations between the old hands.

With every new independent candidate, who had rewritten history on February 8 by winning over the popular, more prominent players, choosing to deflect to a mainstream party, there appears a dent to the street narrative. What exactly would PTI leaders achieve from their seemingly endless predictions about the ultimate demise of PML(N) on social media? If optics are all that matter, their rival ...