The decision making cycle and processing from Munir and the PA was lethargic and massively behind the curve behind what was actually happening over the days and what was required each day. That is not lost on anyone, and no one can argue against that. They seemed out of their depth in understanding what was unfolding in front of them. I am not sure how this can be fixed given the PA 'aggregates' all decision making to itself, and then proves to be so bad at absorbing and processing the information before making decisions.
It was strange to hear the the ISPR talking about responding at 'a time and place of our choosing' while India continued to ignore those statements and escalate upwards, taking the narrative and control away from the PA. India must have been surprised by the inaction in the decision making cycle within Pakistan and continued to escalate up the escalation ladder.
The lack of any response with long range CM's is shocking, and something that cannot be understood right now.
Pakistan was lucky, very that all the hard work the PAF has done over the decades has resulted in the PAF having absolute air supremacy over those days and neutralised a large portion of Operation Sindoor, otherwise this conflict would not have ended well for Pakistan. Kudos to the PAF, less so for the PA( i am not picking on the PA, just providing in my view, clinical objective feedback). Yes, the counter strikes finally ended it and the PA were part of that, but it really should have taken place much earlier.
I do feel that PAF 'exposed' a lot of hard won capability in the response to this operation for not much return imho because of 'restraints' imposed it or by itself on how it conducted it operations. Imagine the success that PAF could have gotten out of its hard work and operation doctrine and strategy on a more meaningful aerial exchange?