If there was an Ig-Nobel prize for sheer all-round administrative incompetence, General Asim Munir, Pakistan’s de facto ruler, would win hands down. The unholy mess that the general election has become is the best recommendation for that award. There is a word that describes this precisely, not a polite one, that is not found in any dictionary, Fubar. The last three letters stand for Beyond All Recognition. It fits. There is no resemblance whatsoever in Pakistan’s 16th general election