Re: Alright guys and gals - There is a new circus in town "APDM"
^ i think the difference between the civilian and military governments is that of personal greed and institutional greed. NS and BB were content to appropriate whatever they could for themselves, and they could get enough without needing to develop the country. The army consumes much larger chunks of Pakistan and for it to gain from that it does develop those sectors/industries quite efficiently. one reason why DHA schemes are pretty good.
there has been better economic management of the country, just from observation of the competance of economic managers now and ten years ago without any deep insight. Because the army owns so much of the country it has an interest in seeing it develop. it does not have any stake in ensuring that the development benefits everyone though.
i guess a parallel to American democracy would be the Army and the big corporations. only here there is no real democracy and the Corporation has tanks.