The rot started in 2007 under Musharaf’s Government. Economically the downward spiral started then. Life was under no heaven under mushraf, as you would like to thinkl t is. Prices of food items, fuel had shot up before 2008.
In 2007 Sindh was angry, balochistan was angry and large areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were falling out of control. We should thank the present regime for least appeasing Sindh and improving Khyber pakhtunkhwa.
The amount of suicide bombings were at their peak in 2007 and 2008.
You migth have a soft spot for the previous Government but by 2006 most items were already unaffordable for the poor, even when at the “boom”