Pakistan is roiled by multiple crises at once, with little end in sight

Security officials and rescue workers conduct an operation on Tuesday to clear the rubble and search for bodies at the site of Monday's suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan. The assault on a mosque inside a major police facility was one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan in recent years. (Muhammad Zubair/AP)

ISLAMABAD — Sometimes the life story of a country can be seen in days.

Take Pakistan. Last Monday, the country was plunged into darkness after the national power grid collapsed. By Thursday, the country had veered dangerously close to economic chaos.