While Sindh will stay with the PPP, it is in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa that the most complications arise.

Families hoped against hope for a miracle which did not come, and according to some reports, neither did officials.

The PML-N, set to take, at least, 130 seats in the National Assembly (NA), will be forming the next government.

One hopes that Zaka Ashraf will run the PCB with administrative perfection and a positive cash flow despite obstacles.

The post-poll scenario will be a fascinating one to watch.

Both ECP and caretaker governments should have taken greater measures to ensure a safe and secure environment.

What happens today will decide our immediate future, hopefully for the next five years.

Once a child is sent abroad, he has no representation.

The deaths of the two prisoners, one Indian and one Pakistani, remind us of the need to ensure security in jails.

The bloody run-up to polling will inevitably have an impact on the election itself.