While many Americans could not find Pakistan on a map, the Western media presents Pakistan as both a place that harbors terrorists and thus needs to be bombed. And a shaky friend that needs to be controlled or else they could harm national security.
Though it is not in Pakistan's interest to damage relations with the West, it is becoming more clear that many Westerners have sh*t for brains because they fall for the lie that Muslims = potential terrorists. They harm themselves and the neo-conservatives and neo-nazis are worse than the neo-liberals. Though the neo-liberals want to change the make up of the Middle East for Israhell, and Pakistan is also in the cross-hairs.
The traditional far right and traditional far left are allies of Muslims around the world. As are most moderates.
Additionally, Good thing Pakistan has nukes, even not possessing ICBMs. If Pakistan did not have nukes, Western alphabet agencies could be planning regime change there even when there is no threat. Nukes are something the West fears, so they respect Pakistan more.