Pakistan, May 7 -- What goes around comes around. After a short-lived and unimpressionable ride on the carousel, a string of candidates filed by the government coalition for reserved seats in the legislature are in for a big surprise. As the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended an earlier verdict by another court that had denied the Sunni Ittehad Council its share of designated seats in the wake of the February 8 elections, a fierce debate has once again stirred up over the credibility of the election commission and how tainted it has rendered the entire polling exercise.

No matter where one may stand on PTI's decision to join arms with a right-wing party and its implications on its policy choices, there's no denying the widespread critic...