THIS is one election where it has been more difficult than usual to keep track of candidates switching sides and parties.

Even so, a recent induction into Jahangir Khan Tareen’s IPP was surprising. Ayesha Rajab Ali who was till recently in the PML-N and even a member of the 2018 parliament on a reserved seat met Tareen and joined the IPP.

Surprising to say the least, for this is really not the moment to leave Noon and join IPP, even though JKT appears confident that his party will be working with the PML-N, post-election. The happy ending is now a foregone conclusion.

This is not the only such incident; where families who dominate constituencies for a party will face opposition from within, when one generation replaces another and the aspirants or contenders for tickets proliferate. And this is evident in the PML-N this time around as the PTI, the other contender in Punjab, has already lost many of its electables.

Read the full op-ed here.