It is a bit unfair to Pakistan to compare in this way, because Pakistan does not have oil to export, has a much larger population to develop and bring up to speed with the rest of the world. Conflict with India is forcing to Pakistan to funnel so much of its resources to the military (though the same applies to Iran vs. USrael)
USrael, hahaha creative...
Pakistan propably has more potential than any other muslim country in the world. They should look to China to see that collective thinking and mass production will help them in long run. Pakistan has a population of 187... million people. They can become one of the exporters in world.
Iran has its oil and natural gas. If natural gas exports would go like this, Iran has enough natural gas to export 100 years. They are already a industrialized country expect high tech goods. Only thing they lack is freedom of speech and human rights. They need to understand that West has something that is wonderful. Democracy and secularism.
Actually Arabs are not one nation. All of Arabs countries have different cultural and social understanding. I don't actually know much about Arabian peninsula but I know a lot about North African and Historical Syria/Greater Syria-expect Syria and Libia-.
Morroco and Algeria are more west friendly and especially Algeria they have many intellectual see that old ways can't serve people. Propably because of French influence. Egypt has culture like Iran. There is respectable amount of secularist and pro-democratic people and there is a lot of people who wants to be a second Iran.
Tunisia is a lot like Turkey and Lebenon. They have a free society and they will propably stay that way. Their main export is tourism and they connot afford to be a Islamic State.
Lebenon is a jewel of Arabian countries. It is a little dream land in Middle East. Their people are warm and open minded, their society is colorful with different religions and ethnicities. Their economy is somewhat getting better but their import is still three times higher than their export.
Jordon is improving rapidly in both eeconomics and social areas. King Abdullah is an open minded man and from what I learned from citizens they love him even the ones who thinks time of kings has passed. He done a lot of things that most of the Arabian ''democratic'' leaders wouldn't or couldn't do. Jordan don't have any natural resources but with good policies of King they have manneged to improve greatly. I have to congradulate them. P.S: I loved this country, her people and her king. He is propably the only King I would support and respect.