And, while there is a good chance that this latest infusion of foreign money will help the country to pull out of a deep economic crisis, it will simply be history repeating itself. Pakistan does well when it receives large flows of foreign assistance, as in the 1960’s, during President Ayub Khan’s term in power, the 1980’s, when General Zia-ul-Haq ran the country, or the early 2000’s, when General Pervez Musharraf was in charge.