Back to parliament!

Politics is in a slippery zone these days. The landmark decision of the LHC reinstating 72 Members of National Assembly belonging to PTI can act as a great stride in normalising the tense situation. The legislators had resigned en masse the day their government was ousted on the floor of the house, as a pressure tactic to force early general elections. But that was not the case and the Speaker too kept on lingering with the papers put on the floor of the house. The fact that these PTI lawmakers had a change of heart and moved the court seeking their stepping down as null and void is a departure in PTI's impulsive way of doing politics. With the judiciary sending them back to the parliament, the execution and way forward rests solely with the executive, and the PTI is in a win-win situation if their members are back to legislative business.

There are lessons, nonetheless, for the PTI leadership in this faux pas situation. Had it played the role of a responsible opposition, even after being shown the door, the socio-political scenario these days would not have been so messy. Change of leader of the house on...