Political engineering now worse than ever.

ISLAMABAD -- As the country approaches the January general elections, concerns about political engineering are mounting with PTI leaders' scripted interviews, their post-release re-arrests, almost one-sided media trials and a TV ban on mentioning deposed premier Imran Khan's name as they all contribute to growing doubts over the fairness of the upcoming polls.

Although the 'powerful circles' have routinely asserted themselves in the country over the years, political experts have not just sounded the alarms on the current wave of manipulation but declared that the political engineering today was proving to be worse and more insidious than before.

They believe that the contemporary political manipulation is casting a long shadow over the fairness of the electoral process.

'Let no one pretend that there is no political engineering today,' said former PPP senator Farhatullah...