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
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