Pakistan, Feb. 22 -- A royal mess if ever there was one. That is how the February 2024 elections are being viewed generally. And that sentiment is not wrong!

The muddle the two leading parties find themselves in goes to prove one thing - the short-term memory of the electorate is just that, short. The poor end of the Imran Khan tenure has been quickly forgotten owing to the even worse debacle of the PDM government. However, whoever had the reigns then would have seen the same fate. Even now - all parties jostling for power should remember that come the next election cycle, they will be nowhere to be seen.

The maths is simple and the writing clear on the wall - difficult and excruciating decisions lay ahead and whoever makes them will pu...