TBH, not too long ago ( maybe a month or so) I somehow thought the way you did about their capability till I saw their horrible performance in waziristan and Balochistan. Just imagine they're so desperate that their AH1 unit attatched to the 6th armoured division was called into balochistan to support CI ops and they even requested CIA drone strike to cut their ground troops some slack against TTP. They're still a force to be reckoned with tho , but slightly overestimated too. One important point to note is logistics, they suck at it to say the least ( except their armoured and mech divisions). You see, 5 out of 9 corps of PA are lined up in a linear chain along the IB, these are static infantry centric forces with limited logistical capability to support a large scale offensive. They're heavy on troops and equipment but what's the use if it can't be moved around ? However, the strike corps are pretty well fed and well kept I gotta admit , mostly because of chinese investment in the armoured forces, but then another question arises, do they have enough oil to sustain a war ? I think not. You can have the world's best tank in your army but if you don't have oil then you ain't going anywhere
