Pakistan is in need of APCs since the time when the Taliban were a few kilometres away from our capital. We have lost multiple generals and brigadiers due to insecure transport. IEDs and suicide bombings left and right.
We still need them badly now, specially after we have seen that our soldiers are martyred in Balochistan in a 2005 Toyota pick up frequently. If we cannot get our relationship with Iran straight, or cannot root out the presence of RAW from Balochistan, then I think APCs will be a good investment. I hope Chinese APCs are reliable enough to withstand multiple IEDs and suicide attacks because we will need that.
Not buying APCs, and at the same time, quietly sustaining soldier casualties to foreign funded groups round the clock, is just laughable at this point.