IN the late hours of Saturday evening on the 13th of January Supreme Court of Pakistan under a three-member bench led by CJ Qazi Faez Isa decided that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf did not hold proper intra-party elections and, was therefore no longer eligible to take part in the general election scheduled for February 8th. This means that the party can no longer go to polls with its iconic bat symbol – a controversial ruling that will perhaps be long remembered for the stripping or reinstating of all democratic normalcy… depending on your subjective idea of democracy.

For now, as we stand a mere two weeks to election day, there seems to be a complete lack of fair treatment being extended to political parties across the board. Saturday’s decision has further dented the belief in a free and........

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