Najam Sethi, founder-editor of The Friday Times and former caretaker Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab Province, analyses whether elections are likely to be held on February 8 as announced or if they could be postponed. Whenever they are conducted, will they be free and fair?

How should we view Thursday’s resolution passed by the Pakistan Senate calling for elections to be postponed both for security reasons and the cold weather?

What are the views of Army Chief, Gen. Asim Munir, on this critical issue?

In a recent opinion piece for The Economist, former Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the elections are likely to be “a disaster and a farce”.

Could he be right?

Have the nearly 200 legal cases against Imran Khan and the treatment of his Tehreek-e-Insaf Party by the Pakistan Election Commission added widespread sympathy to his political popularity?

Will Nawaz Sharif be allowed to contest by the Pakistan Supreme Court? Is he the army’s preferred choice for prime minister? And if he wins will his victory carry credibility with the Pakistani people?

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