Even today, you are going towards china. And if FATF puts you on the grey list, you would be heavily dependent on china.
On the point of the government, in democracies, all political parties behave the same way.
You should not put the entire blame on the govt. The establishment wanted JuD and others in the mainstream and allowed them to make political parties.
On matters of foreign policy and defense, your army always plays a major role. Whenever your country is in trouble, blames goes to the government. When they do something good, the army takes the credit.