|Blog of the Week|

A debate emerges in our BLOG OF THE WEEK, Pakistaniat, on whether Nawaz Sharif's return signifies a deal between the former prime minister and Musharraf OR if it was pressure from Saudi Arabia's King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, whom Musharraf just recently visited. But more importantly, as Pakistaniat editor, Adil Najam, points out, what really begs argument is whether Sharif's return will have a large effect on the upcoming parliament elections or if it is

"just one more drama in the string of topi dramas that have come to define our distraught and fractured polity?"

Please read the Pakistaniat - many Pakistanis read it, as obvious from the 80+ comments on most of the posts expressing Pakistani views.