Pakistan, Feb. 22 -- After what seemed like a neverending detour to the uncertain lands, sanity appears to have finally returned to Pakistani politics. A surprising collusion among the two mainstream parties five minutes before midnight saw the bigwigs gathered at Zardari House in Islamabad where a power-sharing formula was announced.

Claiming the two parties could now eye a comfortable majority in the lower house, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari announced his party's support for PML(N) President Shehbaz Sharif for the post of prime minister. With PPP's Asif Ali Zardari being slated as the country's president and an unofficial agreement over other key slots, it appears that the parties are well geared towards entering the building of...