Pakistan's elections

EPW has a good article on the Pakistani election, subtitled: "More rejection, less election".

It details the various ills that plague Pakistan, for example the major power cuts which last for 18 hours or more, but concludes that:

But has any party articulated a vision of how to get out of this mess? The answer, sadly, is a resounding no.

 The election was basically an anti-incumbency vote, kicking out the massively corrupt PPP.