It may take a few years or decades, but eventually, the mindset driving the current leadership will end.
Slowly, even the biggest 'fans' of the armed forces are going to pick-up on the lack of transparency and slow drive of said leadership. The inquisitive questions will eventually become relentless questioning; what will the armed forces do then -- call everyone an 'ISSB reject' ? I think, eventually, the sincere heads will take charge.
The PA's relentless focus has been on revamping it's force structure, training doctrine and deployment and combat tactics in order to prepare for COIN ops, urban warfare related to the WoT. This has been the case since atleast 2002. The generation of officers that has ascended to top leadership roles has had their mindset shaped by these changes.
In my opinion, the PA is not adequately prepared for a full scale war owing to equipment obsolescence and an institutional focus that has strayed away (owing to circumstances) from fighting a conventional war.
This, coupled with the PA's increasing foray into civil affairs has created an environment where the focus of the leadership (i.e COAS) is not on operational matters.
If you have your COAS having his presence in everything from the COVID relief efforts to discussing NROs with squabbling politicians (who have been proven to be corrupt and national security threats), you can not expect for much development to take place. The COAS has pretty much become equal in visibility and clout to rival a cabinet minister and that is going to be disastrous in the long run.
I am hopeful, however, that the young officers of today are aware of the changes that must take place and over the years, successive leadership changes are effective in bringing fresh thinking forward.
With the army reduced to a mere policing role in the country (IBOs, anti-terrorist, etc - a role for civilian agencies) we can not hope for glorious successes in any full scale war.
The 27th Feb skirmish turned out to be a success because it was the PAF and PN that were in the field - both of these services have totally reinvented themselves during the last decade or so. The PA on the other hand, is more or less stuck in the 90s and early 2000s.
And no, the induction of a batch of VT-4s, a few Burraqs and LOMADS isn't going to cut it.