Hi,
If pak military had built up a 150 K troop strength and equipment to for GCC defense force, raising 2 corps strengths would have been easy as an apple pie, just by rotaing 2 experiences corps from GCC to 2 freshly minted corps from pakistan.
Pres Obama had presented us the solution and power to our region on a GOLD PLATTER.
That act was equal to or greater than the Mughal emperor giving land equal to the skin of an OX. Only the Pakistanis were illiterate to understand the significance of a history making event.
Who would have sustained the 2 corps after the war was over. USA still has to pay our CSF.
Moreover, conventionally, PA has no requirement for 2 corps. While another div or two may help STRENGTHEN the defence, but overall it'd be useless considering the costs.
Raising army corps for COIN ops seems to be imprudent.
Two corps would mean more than a hundred thousand men. This would mean uniforms, rifles, jackets, helmets, NVGs, artillery guns, AT wpns, log vehs, accomodations, medical checkups, pensions, infrastructure, AD systems, cantts, communication eqpt, engineering eqpt, workshops...all funded by an army that has difficulty in managing its funds and has to put rifle procurement plan on the backseat because of scarcity of budget.
Why not spend this much on schools, universities, hospitals, businesses and FC?
In military operations attaining is easy; sustaining is not.