What Pakistan need is a credible functioning self financing democracy. For that to happen it needs independent institutions. It is still feudal in structure with hardly any land reforms for the poor to subside on. It is no wonder that almost all the Pakistani politicians own thousands of hectares and are themselves feudalistic in mentality and lack progressiveness or accountability.
It has a real poor tax collection ratio, which means it can hardly spend on where it matters such as education, health-care etc. Its military is no more secular in nature post General Zia and now it has made laws such as anti blasphemy which can legally hang non Muslims.
Under such repressive environment, the only hope for Pakistan is Pakistani Defense Establishment which can deliver in case of national distress, such as the recent floods. This has been most conveniently misused by a string of Generals who whip up anti India charade and make sure that national coffers and foreign aids stay open to them.
Only the mullahs and the military reach the masses and provide them a semblance of care and concern with their hidden agenda behind. Unless the hold of Pakistan military and its scheming Generals is broken via establishment of other democratic institutions, it is very unlikely that mullah-military nexus will go away any soon.
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