Pakistan is in a state of institutional failure, even if it is not a
failed state now, a former US ambassador to Islamabad has said, noting
that the nation's powerful army is in no mood to usurp power.
"Pakistan is in a state of institutional failure. Its not a failed
state, but you could argue it is a failing state. So these elections
need to be well run and credible in their outcome," former US
Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan Crocker told reporters during a conference
call on Monday.
Crocker who was the US Ambassador to Pakistan from 2004 to 2007 said
that there are more extremist groups in Pakistan on Monday than when
he was there.
"They are targeting the Pakistani state, the military and civilians.
We've seen the press reports of the ascendancy of the Taliban in
Karachi, one of the world's largest cities," he said.
In response to a question, Crocker said that Pakistan would continue
to hedge its bets on the Taliban.
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