Pakistan, Feb. 11 -- If February 8 spoke volumes about the unbending will of the masses to register their choice no matter how arduous the path may be, the subsequent bouts of insurgency and violence testament to how faint this flicker of hope was.

A raging dispute in Shangla has already claimed four lives, leaving dozens injured and the entire area grappling with chaos. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar's call for a nationwide protest against the unwillingness of the state to share full electoral results in a manner that does not smack of rigging, therefore, should be considered an alarming development by the law enforcement authorities. While those who had only come to power with the constitutional responsibility to hold free, fair and tran...