This is a land of no mean excitement. One political development follows another, without a minute’s relief. Political uncertainty is an understatement it seems because this is what defines our politics. There is no exact point where one can aim to start the conversation. Except when something really drastic happens that has the potential to rock the boat. Such as when an elected prime minister gets ousted, which is not too infrequent in our case.

It happened again on July 28 and it would not be too wrong to say that a section of society was expecting this decision by the country’s Supreme Court. The party in question nominated another member as the prime minister and a new cabinet is in place. But Mian Nawaz Sharif, the outgoing prime minister, decided he won’t take it lying down and started a homeward march on the GT Road.

The PTI, the party that brought the prime minister to his knees, saw this as an occasion to celebrate and keep building the pressure on the ruling party. Our Special Report today aims to see where is the politics in the country headed and what does it mean for democracy and institution building.

In this moment of flux and rising temperature, we at The News on Sunday have tried to see what kind of developments are happening within the three major parties, PPP, PML-N and PTI, and what are their prospects in the coming elections. Are the elections going to be held as per schedule which may also be the ruling party’s wish or will they be pushed ahead? How true are the rumours about the two year long interim government which can effect electoral and other reforms before another election is announced?

Where are we at the moment and where is our politics now…

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