THE MILITARY NOT THE GOVERNMENT

When the war on terror started the US worked with a military dictator in Pakistan. The military ran everything. They gave billions in aid to Mushraff most of which was used by him to solidify power and not to actually improve their fighting.

The US knew this for years and accepted this as cost of business in getting their goals done in Afghanistan.

What happens now is the military still controls most things, and people in positions of power are either too afraid or threatened or blackmailed into doing their bidding. The democratic government comes into power but have less authority because of those decades of control.

So now if a journalist speaks up against the military they can be picked up at night or killed, if politicians go against them they can be tortured, if people protest they may be threatened.

The Pakistani people are victims of military policy and foreign intervention more than anything. And it's no surprise the biggest party in the country and most vocal group of resistance against the military comes from the Pakistani province that directly borders Afghanistan.