What IK and TuQ did (and their retired generals aka handlers) not realize that Chinese trust NS much much more compared to any other leader in PaK.
in the eyes of Chinese investors NS and SS have established themselves as honest leaders, who can cut through the red tape
1) The entire world sees NS and his team as honest or better than any other politician at this time in Pakistan. Irrespective of their past, there is YET ONE real proof of corruption to come out. And trust me, if someone had the proofs, it'll be out to the court MANY, MANY times over. Instead of all talk.
The real thing is, this time, they are trying to make a difference when it comes to running the country and making economic progress, that will then change or impact the ordinary Pakistani's lives in a positive way. You can't deny that, just take a look at the work already done in 14 months.
2) They also have followed strict international guidelines to flow the money downwards and its auditing through international institutes. So there isn't corruption anymore at the highest level. There is corruption on the street level but that is with humans and everywhere it'll be the case to include 10=15% of the waste. I am no Pro- NS. I am pro-Pakistan. The good work should always be recognized. I don't agree with their ruling style that they rarely come to the Parliament but then if you realistically take a look at the problems that the country is facing, you wonder how long it would take to plan, deal with others to get investments for 70 years of stopped human progress like education, electric infrastructure, water, flood management, crippled stock market and exports, etc, etc.
I think if these guys finish their term, you'll ACTUALLY see a much more modern, electric load-shedding free (or power outages down to a couple of hours) and much more economically stable Pakistan than what it was when they took over. The New Pakistan is already in the making through work that's bringing investments and projects. Not like a punch line being used by a few thousands on the streets who brought destruction to the country than really helping.