What awaits Khaleda Zia?

One may think that the expectation for the AL to show further magnanimity against a convicted political opponent is unrealistic and that the PM has already shown sufficient humanity towards her political nemesis

Begum Khaleda Zia is but a shadow of her former defiant self as she lies in a private hospital in Dhaka and fights a lonesome battle against numerous medical complications -- the destiny of which is perhaps out of her hands.

Today, the former prime minister is a victim of the very same dangerous and unhealthy political climate that she has played a leading role in cultivating over the past 31 years.

While the question of allowing Begum Zia to go abroad for treatment in theory lies within the purview of legal instruments and constitutional parameters, beyond the understanding of average citizens -- public perception puts the keys to her future squarely in the hands of her arch political opponent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Therefore, we ask ourselves: What awaits Khaleda Zia?