Pakistan reckons with possible political void as experts say election timing uncertain

Country is supposed to hold elections in 90 days, bringing an interim government to an end amid a sharp economic downturn Pakistan is facing another period of political tension as questions swirl around a forthcoming election, supposedly in three months, that will end the caretaker government. The elections, which experts tell The National are at risk of delay, will usher in a government that will have to chart a course for a country that has suffered 20 per cent annual inflation, worsening terrorist violence and devastating floods that killed nearly 2,000 and caused at least $15 billion worth of damage last year. To pave the way for general...