Unfortunately considering the capacity of Pakistan's infrastructure and lack of business maturity they have to rely on foreign powers for modern technology. Until those things are improved they'll be in a compromised position.
I think despite whose side you are on the poor guy does not deserve this treatment. His prime motive was to expose wars fought on lies and one that inflicted a lot of pain on the civilian population. Unfortunately the five eyes have joined forces to cull out any people that expose our military's...
Regardless of your views it is a tyrannical power. But the UK is going down the crapper in all aspects of life, so I only expect the vile bigots to grab more power in the next couple of years.