the religious parties will exploit it.  I'm thinking especially of "Mr. 10 percent," Bhutto's well-named husband.

What is "good" for Islamists" has always been bad for muslims.   

Islamist states, as closed societies unanswerable to the muslim electorate or any free institutions (press, academia), have been the best possible illustration of Lord Acton's famous dictum, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

The fact that religious parties directly and/or covertly supported terror against Pakistani muslims because they benefited from destabilization will be easily overlooked otherwise.  Also likely to be overlooked but indisputable: Islamists parties have always been corrupt, economically incompetent and more autocratic than any of the above is beside the point. 

Democracy???

How about Shari'ah???

When a country implements true Shari'ah I will so be there...

I just returned to the US from Pakistan - talk about culture shock;

The government is really failing their people there.

Democracy is better than what they have,

but shariah is better of course.