It is the responsibility of the state to ensure that elections are conducted in a terror-free environment. In an odd turn of events, bureaucrats were also assigned to assist the ECP in holding the 2018 elections that resulted in the PTI winning. Because we have already entered a constitutional limbo by holding elections after the deadline, we cannot allow this legal inertia to last indefinitely. The only way to address Pakistan’s numerous problems is through democratic continuity rather than ad hocism, even though elections won’t solve them all right away. It is therefore hoped that no more obstacles are put in the way of prompt, transparent, and fair elections, particularly now that the SC has clarified the situation.
