A superb article from The Independent by Patrick Cockburn, sub-titled
It has suffered disaster after disaster. Its people have lived through crisis upon crisis. Its leaders are unwilling or unable to act. But is it really the failed state that many believe?
And ends with:
The Pakistani state may not function very well but it is not failing, and – a pity – current crises may not even change it very much.
Link:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...t-2100865.html

Nothing like some context and analysis.