A big problem for Pakistan, besides the paucity of reasonable long term goals, has been the fact that all the (largely secular minded) ruling elites since Zia-ul-Haq have tried to legitimize their rather unpopular rule through alliances with the religious establishment. They got them to fight their proxy wars, and have always thought that these guys pose no threat to the said elites. But Saudi influence has been doing wonders over the past twenty years, and it looks like those proxy wars have gotten a little closer to home...