The general elections in Pakistan scheduled in 10 days from now are easily the bloodiest in the country’s history. The secular parties like the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have come under deadly attacks by the jihadists. But the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has literally unleashed a war on the liberal Pashtun Awami National Party (ANP), killing scores of its leaders and cadres. The TTP is supposedly the ‘bad’ Taliban—an arbitrary distinction applied by many but most importantly the Pakistani security establishment. The ostensibly ‘good’ Taliban are the groups not directly attacking the Pakistani interests and oriented towards Afghanistan and the US and allied forces stationed there.