As much as I hate the PML-N, PPP, MQM, etc, the root problem isn't them, or PTI, or even the military.
The problem is that Pakistan's governing system as a whole -- i.e., from the structural policies to the institutions to many individuals -- isn't working (for the benefit of the nation). It's just an exclusive club at the top.
Even if we can get 10 years of uninterrupted great rule, there'll always be a ZAB/PPP, Ishaq Dar/PML-type, or Yahya Khan-type character lurking around the corner. There'll always be a cluster muck-up waiting to happen.
Basically, the real question or problem here isn't whether we're getting a good government, but why the system lets the bad actors (be it of any party or state institution) into the mix.
Those leaders who sign off on foreign drone strikes on our soil shouldn't be allowed to even be security guards, yet they can lead parties. Those parties that instigate rebellion shouldn't be in the political system -- yet they are. Those individuals with links to terrorists, traitors, separatists, etc, shouldn't have a whiff of power, ever.
Shouldn't the right system keep such bad actors out?
If it isn't, then the root problem doesn't have to do with the actors but the system (or game) itself.
So then the question: Why does the system keep letting the bad actors run the show? I don't know why, but from what I can see, the show as-is continuously leads to instability and socio-economic decline.
The show -- or system -- sucks.
The alternative isn't rosy. No alternative is.
Even the United States has its issues for sure. But when you step back and look at the general track of a nation, it should still be going forward. There should still be a general sense that things are progressing somewhere. So, despite the inequality and unrest in the U.S. for almost 300 years, things moved forward. Likewise in China and Europe.
Not everyone in those countries made it out great. These lands were never a utopia, but they offered opportunities to those with vision and drive. Yet the system in Pakistan punishes people with those two qualities (vision and drive). Why?
