At the end of the day the army'd task is to prevent 1)the destruction of the nation. (i'd say that was a success)
2)prevent the nation being bullied by neighbours with gunboat diplomacy (again a success)
I'd have expected you to be more objective than that.
If the PA's main purpose was point 1 and 2, then how is it that Pakistan has always been the agressor? You answer that question. Answer it honestly and then see what your post sounds like.
Pakistan has gone to war against India, and you do that with clear objectives in mind. When you fail to accomplish them, you lose. The onus is with the attacking force and not the defending one, whose task is to deny the attacking force their goals.
Pakistani armed forces, all three, must have ONE thing of the two to hold their own against India for an offense. Either superior numbers or superior technology, and India holds both the cards.
Keys, what you are saying is like what a bad looser says in his own defence, that since PA has not allowed Pakistan to be destroyed they have suceeded.
So at the end of the day they do what they need to. Look a the spending that India has done in order to counter the threat. (and spare me the "it's for China argument because you don't buy that many tanks for China)
Key, every time Pakistan has intiated the hostilities against India, has always maintained a higher percentage of military expenditure against its GDP compared to India. India is larger, and will obviously have a higher military expenditure. You cannot expect the US to have a low defence budget, even their 1% of GDP would be larger than our 3% GDP defence.
In the end, my point remains valid, that PA is good only for defence. It lacks the punch to hold offensive action in Indian territory.