DaiWW@BeijingDai
I believe the current Pakistani government is truly terrible.
They have mismanaged the country's economy, leaving the fiscal situation in shambles—so much so that they can't even make interest payments. In a public address, the Prime Minister of Pakistan even said that the country needs free aid, not loans.
They've also made a mess of Pakistan's regional security. Pakistan is now fighting on three fronts—with India, Afghanistan, and the BLA. Of course, I understand that a troubled relationship always involves complex factors from both sides, but I am convinced the current Pkaistan government is far from blameless, especially given that relations with all three adversaries have deteriorated at the same time.
The current Pakistan government's main claim to fame is winning the aerial skirmish with India, but that success was largely thanks to the advanced Chinese aircraft. The key decision to purchase the J-10C was made back in June 2021, when Imran Khan was prime minister—so the current government had nothing to do with it.
Riding on that victory, the current Pakistan government has been aggressively stoking nationalism at home. On the international stage, it has tried to portray itself as a VIP player, with its leaders making multiple trips to the White House to meet Trump and discuss various far-fetched deals that ultimately went nowhere. Pakistan signed a pact with Saudi Arabia, only to find itself a few months later facing the dilemma of whether to go to war with Iran for Riyadh—a perfect illustration of how ill-considered that agreement was.
Of course, the current Pakistani government has maintained normal relations with China. And the Chinese government, to be fair, doesn't really care about Pakistan's internal affairs. I'm just an ordinary Chinese person sharing what I've observed—but the facts speaks for themselves.