imranjaff Bhai, I think Pakistani establishment itself is responsible for what it is facing today by harbouring Taleban and Al-Qaueda in the hope of making as much out of war on terror as possible and retaining strategic balance in the region. You cannot extort 15 billion dollars from America without paying the cost............the bigger chunk of which definitely ended in the pockets of those at the helm of the affairs. I think their greed and short-sighted without keeping long-run consequences in mind got them entrapped.
And what are they doing to NWFP, FATA, and Baluchistan...just considering these areas as Pakistan's backyard to the inhabitants of which the state has no responsibility. That is why citizens of these areas are fast loosing confidence in Pakistan and its security institutions. Today, in Buner, NWFP, a cluster of villages decided to patrol their areas themselves along with police in plain clothes and not let Army in their areas because they don't trust it.
I think from this point onward Pakistan has two options; either get transformed according to the geopolitical and geostrategic needs of the global powers or face destablization. I don't think Pakistan has the capacity to sustain the pressure for long. The more it resists, the more dire would be the consequences. And believe me, no power, including Arabs and Chinese, are going to come to Pakistan's help.
I am feeling sorry for my areas. NWFP, FATA, and most probably Karachi will have to suffer the consequences.