Fatima Jinnah’s running for elections led to a tradition; all women who tried to capture the reins of power in the country would have to have some sort of blood relationship with a man who had already held power.

A cavalcade of such women has followed since; various relations installed in various roles, women in the families of powerful men installed in political office to ensure a wide ‘family’ expanse of power.

There is a global playbook for the return of famous daughters coming home to avenge their dead or beleaguered fathers.

In Pakistan, the last such occasion was in October 2007, when Benazir Bhutto boarded a plane in Dubai to return to her country for elections.

Another episode of just this sort of saga is about to play out on Friday.

Read on here.