There is a tendency for some to think V. Putin "invented" asymmetric warfare as practiced in Ukraine. Actually the practice is much older. The Pakistani army has practiced it against India for decades. See a timeline in The New Yorker for details.
Whereas in most countries an army is something a civilian government supports, in Pakistan a civilian government is something an army (sometimes) supports. Pakistan appears to be run by and for the benefit of its armed forces, tolerating a thin veneer of civilian "leadership" as a sort of camouflage "net."
Efforts by Pakistani presidents to make peace with India are continually frustrated by those whose ends would not be served thereby. A continual state of military tensions with India short of open warfare is the optimal state for Pakistan's military establishment, guaranteeing them a continuing large share of the budgetary pie.
