It was never going to be great, but it didn’t have to be this bad: lacklustre Shahbaz, preoccupied Imran, embattled Zardari and sidelined Nawaz.

Maybe the final weeks will bring something better.

So far, it’s been pretty dire.

Shahbaz has been the worst. And just as bad is that we’ve seen all of this before.

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