Ayesha Jalal is Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts and also a professor in the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy there. She is the author of "The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics."
Pakistan's controversial election last week has brought the country no closer to breaking the political deadlock that has reduced governance to a shambles and forced a stagnant national economy to go on life support from the International Monetary Fund.
