First and foremost must come the realisation that all nation-states are borne out of accidents of history.

There were three basic claims that Mr Bangash put up, which need to be reviewed in detail.

The present system is counter-productive to having reserved representation for marginalised sections in society.

This is in reference to Mubarak Ali's article of August 14 and Ayesha Siddiqa's article of August 15.