Basically, they [TLP] have placed themselves above the supreme court, the constitution and the state. From now all of Pakistan should refer matters to TLP whose decision is superior to the supreme court. Essentially this people have carried or trying to carry out a judicial coup where they take over the powers of the Pakistani courts.
And people wonder why the whole world avoids as much to invest in and why other countries are leaping ahead. The country is practically bankrupt, now desperately seeking IMF bailout and crying out for foreign investment and these numbnuts want to have nationwide riot to prevent the release of a single woman. Scenes of rioting idiots on streets of Pakistan will just garner international publicity and go reinforce the image of the country as a chaotic, lawless hellhole. CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, ABC, TRT, China Daily etc
Message. Avoid Pakistan. Avoid Pakistani's.
From the outside view this is somewhat true. War in North West Pakistan, election bombings/assassinations, politics and its spill over affects the attractiveness of Pakistan as a country for foreign investment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_North-West_Pakistan
Vast majority of foreign investors are afraid of going there truth be told, most likely they will be fine in Pakistan and be able to enjoy some good food but most would rather not risk it when there are
other lower hanging fruits. The returns they will get in Pakistan is not large enough to justify the perceived risk in life, capital, or opportunity cost for most. Competition in global markets is intense, countries will use any advantage to get an upper hand. Money will flow to where it can grow. Investors don't want their project to have too much uncertainty.
The reason China is able to invest and loan large amounts of money in Pakistan is because of the government coordination and state owned companies that are pushed to go and set up JVs. Private enterprises are much more careful, they would more likely invest in ASEAN, Eastern Europe and Latin America because they are the next lowest hanging fruit. Pakistan will take effort to develop but the Chinese government is doing that as a proactive policy. For no other country does China provide such economic attention, and it does it within a relatively market based framework, free money won't help Pakistan in the long run (market potential will be hurt). If a large portion of privately run investment dies, their company will lose their edge and get slaughtered in the global market, thus they are careful with their money. Private firms don't operate on the basis of "friendship", they operate on the basis of merit and profit. Also Chinese firms that offshore are mostly manufacturing based, many are value added and low margin, they require stable energy supply, a good transport network, stable conditions and its already available in some countries. Even domestically China still invests hundreds of billions of dollars into transport infrastructure each year to help domestic industries and attract foreign investment in order to maintain competitiveness.
UAE did a good job in attracting foreign capital because money is safe there, many go there to escape taxes. The perception of safety of person and money is important. UAE did a great job in marketing the concept of Dubai to the world, they sold a dream. Most laymen will likely not know what the United Arab Emirates is but they likely do know Dubai and the image that Dubai brings to mind. Tourists have a friendly tropical Arabian coast in mind. This wasn't easy, as the perception of the Middle East was war, terrorism and bombing campaigns. Pakistan needs something similar where a special spin off brand is able to experiment and escape previous perceptions.