is it really possible to hold someone accountable in the establishment for the majority of suicide bombings?
You poor, suffering, clueless people...Where do I start?
Let's start with democratic governance. True democratic governance starts from the bottom up. That is what democracy is all about. The New England town hall meetings where mayors were called to account were a far firmer foundation to American democracy than the top-down Parliamentary system of England, which only opened up via miserly steps over the course of centuries and with popular agitation.
So it was that when the Americans sought independence from Britain, not only did the brand-new Continental Congress authorize an Army, it appointed generals to command troops and inspector generals to watch the money. Both reported to Congress.
Pakistan, following the colonial model, has no such check on its uniforms. Indeed, Pakistan didn't have a nation-wide election until 1971, at the insistence of the one general who
knew that he lacked the will and capabilities to be an effective dictator, if only because he preferred whiskey over administration.
IMO, Pakistanis will save centuries by rejecting the top-down approach to democracy and must seize local governance themselves. The approach of some Pakistani political parties (Taliban, MQM) approximates this, but no one ever seems to have espoused a philosophy that this service is for all, and that the guardians of the law themselves must stay within its bounds. The easiest way for citizens to do that is to control institutional purse-strings, which is why the lack of tax revenue from its citizens is no real blessing for Pakistanis.
As for the suicide bombings specifically: some Pakistanis, it seems to me, reject the notion of accomplices to crimes, so under this credo only the suicide bomber is responsible for what he does. That is wrong: the people who inspire, arm, equip, and direct him on his mission are also responsible. These are the people one can go pursue before and after suicide attacks.